Parsec. 6 Everyday Things that Happen Strangely In Space | Space Station Physics, Chemistry, and Biology | Weightlessness & Zero Gravity | Space.com. Credit: NASA Watched pots, as they say, never boil. Besides, even if they did, why watch them? You know exactly what boiling water looks like. But I bet you don't know what it looks like in outer space. Here are seven everyday occurrences including the boiling of water that happen very differently in the microgravity environment of low-Earth orbit, plus explanations why. Language: What foreign words are difficult to translate into English.