Iirc there are some unsettled theoretical questions about the nature of reality and the cosmos that would possibly be answered by studying the behavior of neutrinos, but I forget what.
Comment on China turns on giant neutrino detector that took a decade to build
liquefy4931@lemmy.world 1 day agoHere are some neat neutrino facts:
- Neutrinos are incredibly difficult to detect.
- There are many neutrino sources, although supernovae may be the most prevalent with 99% of energy released as neutrinos vs 1% as visible light.
- Our sun radiates about 2% of its energy as neutrinos.
- They travel at the speed of light and rarely interact with normal matter. So rarely, in fact, that 99.99% of neutrinos would pass through a 10km-thick slab of lead.
- Most neutrinos pass through the entire earth without hitting a thing.
- 10^21^ nuetrinos pass through each 1" x 1" area of your body per second and, on average, you have a 25% lifetime chance of interaction with a neutrino particle.
Who knows what will be discovered!
sem@lemmy.blahaj.zone 17 hours ago
swelter_spark@reddthat.com 1 day ago
That’s exciting!
richardwallass@sh.itjust.works 1 day ago
I can feel all those neutrinos on my body
NotMyOldRedditName@lemmy.world 1 day ago
RFK Jr announces that the environmental hazard is being hit by a neutrino while in the womb!