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Water in conditions of free fall or no gravity forms spheres for two reasons:

  • the mass of the water has a small gravitational effect which pulls the water into the most "economic shape." This is a sphere. In short all the water wants to get to be as close to the center of the water glob as possible, The mathematics dictate that a sphere best solves this requirement.
  • the surface of water exhibits "surface tension" due to the orientation of the hydrogen bonding between molecules. The droplet of water as this "skin" of bound water all around it (like the skin f a balloon. The tension on the molecules in the skin equalize out. The most equal arrangement for the molecules is when the droplet becomes a sphere.
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