February 25th, 2013 at 11:37AM
Around a million, billion neutrinos from the Sun will pass through your body while you read this sentence. A nutrino is a neutral sub-atomic particle of such small mass that it passes through matter undisturbed. Its mass has never before been measured accurately and this picture is a device that was set up to detect nutrinos, as VERY ocasionaly they will colide with matter producing energy in the form of light/heat. but this energy is so small that it is virtually undetectable. Nutrinos are formed from redioactive decay, or nuclear reactions, which is why the sun gives of so many.

Around a million, billion neutrinos from the Sun will pass through your body while you read this sentence.

A nutrino is a neutral sub-atomic particle of such small mass that it passes through matter undisturbed.

Its mass has never before been measured accurately and this picture is a device that was set up to detect nutrinos, as VERY ocasionaly they will colide with matter producing energy in the form of light/heat. but this energy is so small that it is virtually undetectable.

Nutrinos are formed from redioactive decay, or nuclear reactions, which is why the sun gives of so many.

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