{"id":621,"date":"2025-12-27T03:00:32","date_gmt":"2025-12-27T02:00:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/100blogs.ovh\/36\/index.php\/2025\/12\/27\/studying-physics-in-microgravity\/"},"modified":"2026-01-12T09:12:22","modified_gmt":"2026-01-12T08:12:22","slug":"studying-physics-in-microgravity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/100blogs.ovh\/36\/index.php\/2025\/12\/27\/studying-physics-in-microgravity\/","title":{"rendered":"Studying Physics in Microgravity"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div id=\"\" class=\"hds-media hds-module wp-block-image\">\n<div class=\"margin-left-auto margin-right-auto nasa-block-align-inline\">\n<div class=\"hds-media-wrapper margin-left-auto margin-right-auto\">\n<figure class=\"hds-media-inner hds-cover-wrapper hds-media-ratio-cover \"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/54965896316-5795195a34-o.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1365\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/54965896316-5795195a34-o.jpg?w=2048\" class=\"attachment-2048x2048 size-2048x2048\" alt=\"Tiny silver ball bearings crowd around a larger bearing in a clear, viscous fluid. Some of the smaller ball bearings are suspended in the fluid.\" style=\"object-position: 50% 50%;object-fit: cover\" loading=\"eager\"><\/a><\/figure><figcaption class=\"hds-caption padding-y-2\">\n<div class=\"hds-credits\">NASA\/Zena Cardman<\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>In this Oct. 20, 2025, photo, tiny ball bearings surround a larger central bearing during the Fluid Particles experiment, conducted inside the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/glenn\/glenn-expertise-space-exploration\/physical-sciences-program\/science-facilities-on-the-iss\/microgravity-science-glovebox-msg\/\">Microgravity Science Glovebox<\/a> (MSG) aboard the International Space Station\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/international-space-station\/destiny-laboratory-module\/\">Destiny laboratory module<\/a>. A bulk container installed in the MSG, filled with viscous fluid and embedded particles, is subjected to oscillating frequencies to observe how the particles cluster and form larger structures in microgravity. Insights from this research may advance fire suppression, lunar dust mitigation, and plant growth in space. On Earth, the findings could inform our understanding of pollen dispersion, algae blooms, plastic pollution, and sea salt transport during storms.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/100blogs.ovh\/36\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/studying-physics-in-microgravity-1-150x150.jpg\" class=\"wp-image-809\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><p>In addition to uncovering potential benefits on Earth, research done aboard the space station helps inform long-duration missions like Artemis and future human expeditions to Mars.<\/p>\n<p><em>Image credit: NASA\/Zena Cardman<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NASA\/Zena Cardman In this Oct. 20, 2025, photo, tiny ball bearings surround a larger central bearing during the Fluid Particles experiment, conducted inside the Microgravity Science Glovebox (MSG) aboard the International Space Station\u2019s Destiny laboratory module. A bulk container installed in the MSG, filled with viscous fluid and embedded particles, is subjected to oscillating frequencies [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-621","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ciencia"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/100blogs.ovh\/36\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/621","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/100blogs.ovh\/36\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/100blogs.ovh\/36\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/100blogs.ovh\/36\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/100blogs.ovh\/36\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=621"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/100blogs.ovh\/36\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/621\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":810,"href":"https:\/\/100blogs.ovh\/36\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/621\/revisions\/810"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/100blogs.ovh\/36\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=621"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/100blogs.ovh\/36\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=621"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/100blogs.ovh\/36\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=621"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}