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The physics of candyfloss – on Earth and in space

21 Aug 2021 Laura Hiscott
Taken from the August 2021 issue of Physics World where it first appeared under the headline "The candyfloss cosmos".

Laura Hiscott muses on how candy floss is made, and an unlikely link to astrophysics

illustration of cotton candy planets
(Courtesy: iStock/lilu330)
If you’ve ever read Roald Dahl’s Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, you must surely have dreamed

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Laura Hiscott is a freelance science journalist
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