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Channel: Beau Beardz
Date: 2022-10-11

The cat's name is Radiation lol

This video is just a little bit of fun. Radiation pressure is a real thing but the forces involved are so minute that we'd never really be able to feel its effects. But in space, where there is no air resistance, momentum accumulates over time, and radiation pressure can create significant velocity in a solar sail (with no fuel needed too!).

Another really cool use of light's momentum is through something called an optical tweezer. Laser beams are focused into a point which can trap tiny particles. Just like a pair of tweezers. But with just light. Search it up on YouTube! I promise it's a lot cooler than I make it sound.



#cat #astronomy #physics

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