Popping water balloons in space! Without gravity, surface tension pulls the bulk of the water together again into new blobs, even after the energy release from breaking the skin!

Would be great to do this again with multiple cameras capturing enough angles to build a proper model. I bet this could be done with iPhones.

good thinking!

Do a water balloon animal next

Wow.

@2bleep2bloop seems like a bunch of bloops

does the water blob eventually slow down from internal friction or does it just keep oscillating

Is it from the balloon "skin" returning to its original shape? Rapid contraction pulls it back together?

The shape of water seen in space is really fantastic!

Isn’t this dangerous for electronics up there?

Love this H2O science in space @astro_Pettit, imagining the patience and skill it must have taken to fill the water balloons in space as well! 💫

Very interesting, after the Pop, when the main blob moves off screen, it looks like many/most of the tiny bits of water then chase after the main blob. Fascinating!!

The most amazing molecules on earth!

😮😲

@Cmdr_Hadfield Space is amazing 🤩

wild

water's social anxiety > gravity

And peeing in OG?

😎I bet your mind returns to zero gravity when asleep and dreaming! Like full-body muscle memory! 💭 🛌

Cool 😎