stackyFACTSWhen NASA engineers realized that liquid rocket fuel tends to float uselessly around tanks in zero gravity, they invented a liquid infused with nanoscale iron particles.
When NASA engineers realized that liquid rocket fuel tends to float uselessly around tanks in zero gravity, they invented a liquid infused with nanoscale iron particles. When exposed to a magnetic field, the fluid violently erupts into perfectly symmetrical, sharp spikes. This geometric nightmare is a balancing act between magnetic force pulling the liquid along invisible field lines and surface tension desperately trying to pull it back down.
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