Image: Live ScienceNASA astronauts grew a strange, scrolling crystal in space that's impossible to make naturally on Earth
• NASA astronauts successfully grew a unique, scroll-like crystal aboard the International Space Station (ISS) using ordinary salts. • The experiment demonstrates how the absence of gravity allows crystals to form shapes that are physically impossible to replicate naturally on Earth. • This discovery is significant because it reveals new insights into the structural behavior of materials and chemical crystallization processes in microgravity.
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