As you know, just on December 26, people in many parts of the world (including Vietnam) witnessed the last astronomical phenomenon of 2019. It was an annular solar eclipse (annular solar eclipse). annular eclipse).
As the last solar eclipse of the decade, this event has obviously caused a lot of attention on the online community. But besides the pictures of the bright fire in the sky, netizens in Indonesia and Malaysia also spread something much more “magical” .
Specifically, on December 26, netizens in these two countries shared pictures of eggs … standing on the ground , which is said to be a phenomenon that can only happen on the day of a solar eclipse. . This phenomenon comes from a scientific hypothesis, that when the Moon is between the Sun and the Earth, or during the vernal equinox, Earth’s gravity increases and causes the egg to balance itself.
And in fact, many people have also experimented with building eggs on the day of a solar eclipse , and obtained surprising results.
An egg is going viral on online communities in Malaysia and Indonesia.
It is true that there is a theory that the egg can balance itself during a solar eclipse, but that has been disproved a long time ago. There isn’t any scientific evidence to back this up , and it’s perfectly possible for the egg to stand upright at any time of the year, with or without a solar eclipse.
According to Dr. Chong Hon Yew – a retired physicist from the Malaysian University of Science, he also thinks that this hypothesis is really groundless.
“You can try to build the egg tomorrow, the day after tomorrow, or next week, whether there’s a solar eclipse or not. It’s very easy,” Chong said. “But this is a pretty cool game that can help children become more interested in science.”
Hakeem Maarof – a man with “one armpit and two children” in Malaysia shared the same opinion after he personally filmed the scene of his children setting up eggs on the sidewalk. “It’s like an experiment for my kids to try.”