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Burping in Space

  • March 8, 2013
  • By KIDS DISCOVER

A burp in space is not like a burp on Earth. There’s a valve in your stomach that lets gas out while keeping liquids and solids in. But it can’t work properly without gravity. So if astronauts burp in space, everything they ate comes out. Eww!

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