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In an episode of The Expanse, free floating human blood in zero g or near zero g formed into a "snowflake" crystalline shape when exposed to the vacuum of space. Would that really happen? Is there enough water in our blood for that or would other things like platelets and hemoglobin interfere?

by /u/TheFiredrake42 in /r/askscience

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