Levitation Recreates Nature's Dumbbells
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Channel: University of Nottingham · 2015 · Education
Using magnetic levitation to imitate weightlessness, researchers led by physicists at The University of Nottingham have manufactured solid wax models of splash form tektities – the tiny pieces of natural glass created out of spinning drops of molton rock flung from the earth during extra-terrestrial impact from asteroids or comets.
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