‘Strange things happen’: Honey reacting to microgravity in space leaves netizens amazed

If a jar of honey is opened here on Earth and tilted on its side, it would obviously create a big mess to clean it up. However, Canadian ncy astronaut David Saint-Jacques tried to same on International Station and had a very different result. recording of Jacques playing with honey in microgravity was initially shared back in 2019, however, video has resurfaced and captured netizen’s attention yet again after being shared on Reddit. 

almost-minute long clip shows astronaut unscrewing lid on a jar and demonstrating how honey clings from jar to lid and tries to curl back in itself. tendril-like behaviour makes it looks like honey is alive. In clip, Jacques said, “Strange things happen with honey when you remove gravity”. 

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Netizens amazed 

Since being shared on Reddit, clip has garnered over 40,000 upvotes and hundreds of comments. While one user said that honey actually “looks like caramel,” ar added, "Honestly. How do y get any science-ing done up re? I’d just be playing with things all time”. Do you agree with sentiment?” “ entire time watching this I was just saying to myself ‘twist it... twist it...’ and I felt an extreme amount of satisfaction when he did,” added third user. “Kept thinking of small parts breaking off. Can’t imagine little pieces of honey floating around would be good,” wrote fourth. 

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