Electromagnetic Levitator (IMAGE)

NASA/Johnson Space Center

Electromagnetic Levitator

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The new electromagnetic levitator on the International Space Station suspends liquid metals in weightlessness as they cool and solidify in ESA's Columbus laboratory.

Credit

German Aerospace Center, DLR

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