What makes broom stand on its own

A viral tweet suggests that NASA said Monday was the only day the "standing broom" trick would work, because of the earth's gravitational pull. We couldn't find anything from NASA to support the tweet. But as with many things on the internet, people ran with it. Harris dyantaatnaydh February 10, Fun, right?

But the truth is, you can make a broom stand upright today It has nothing to do with the earth's gravitational pull on a certain day.

I am all about hands-on science experiments with my kids. We learned about polymers while making slime! How fun is that?! Did NASA really say that though? This occurs twice each year — around 20 March and 23 September. This tells me that the Spring Equinox has nothing to do with brooms standing on end.

Planetary alignments can not cause a considerable amount of gravitational change to make brooms stand alone. If this were the case, objects weighing less than brooms would stand alone. Share: Share Tweet Email. Another day, another hoax sweeping the internet.

This time, people are trying to fool you into believing that something unique about the Earth's gravity is allowing brooms to stand up on their own. Gravity isn't a spell from the wizarding world of Harry Potter. It's a constant, measurable force first publicized by Issac Newton in Report a correction or typo.

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