Physicists Make A Splash With Rain Discovery

Thursday, June 11, 2009 - 08:28 in Physics & Chemistry

It's conventional wisdom in atmospheric science circles: large raindrops fall faster than smaller drops, because they're bigger and heavier. And no raindrop can fall faster than its "terminal speed"--its speed when the downward force of gravity is exactly the same as the upward air resistance.

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