Dorky stuff about the Universe

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  Jason P Posts: 19,394

  February 2020 edited February 2020

  mysticweed said:

  Please explain: do the trillions of neutrinos that pass through our bodies each day go through us and the earth and come out the other side and vice versa?

  I'm not a scientist but I play one on TV ... Neutrinos are the smallest element that we know of, so our DNA makeup could stop them from passing through.  Same goes with Earth.

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  rgambs Posts: 13,576

  February 2020

  Quarks are smaller than neutrinos...even still, I'm not sure whether or not they would pass through the core.  It's pretty hot and dense...

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  rgambs Posts: 13,576

  February 2020

  https://icecube.wisc.edu/news/view/546
  

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  rgambs Posts: 13,576

  February 2020

  And speaking of Cherenkov Radiation, I just read this a few weeks ago since I'm in the vision biz...nice coincidence!
  
  https://www.sciencealert.com/the-elusive-phenomenon-of-light-flashing-from-human-eyes-has-been-captured-for-the-first-time/amp
  

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