SMRTR Science & EngineeringOct 16, 2025NotebookCheck

This is how the chain fountain effect behaves in space

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Physicist Steve Mould and astronaut Don Pettit tested the chain fountain effect aboard the International Space Station, where weightless conditions made the chain behave unpredictably like molecules in constant motion. After forming the chain into a closed loop, it flowed smoothly through itself exactly as Mould's theory predicted, maintaining its shape while moving uniformly without external interference.

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