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Water drops on soap bubble films act like merging galaxies

Scientists hope to be able to use the soapy system to study the cosmos

Like colliding galaxies, water droplets (dark circles) on a soap film orbit before coalescing.

J.-P. Martischang et al./PNAS Nexus, 2026

By Emily Conover

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