In space, two pieces of metal can weld together with no heat or other substances present!
Normally if you want to join two pieces of metal together, you use
heat, or some sort of chemical process to do it. However, when metal is
in a vacuum (like in space), two different pieces of metal will weld
together with no other external force present.
It's called Cold Welding and it was dicsovered in the 1940s. And it might sound very impracticle, but it's become extremely useful in nanoconstruction, tiny parts can be joined without the bulk of adhesives or melting.
