• liquefy4931@lemmy.world
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    10 hours ago

    Here 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.
    • 1021 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!