Kitchen science with a feline supervisor

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@kartawaya_

As the cylinder burns, it heats the air inside. This heated air expands, becomes less dense than the cooler surrounding air, and generates a rising convection current (thermal updraft). Once the paper burns down to a weightless ash frame, the upward buoyant force overcomes gravity, launching it into the air.

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