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To: Silentgypsy
... aimed at detecting subatomic particles traveling near the speed of light

If it's aimed at subatomic particles... wouldn't that make it a microscope?

5 posted on 01/03/2011 9:51:22 AM PST by pgyanke (Republicans get in trouble when not living up to their principles. Democrats... when they do.)
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To: pgyanke

Maybe because the little neutrinos are so far away, it should be called a pgyanke microtelescope.


9 posted on 01/03/2011 9:55:14 AM PST by Silentgypsy
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To: pgyanke

“If it’s aimed at subatomic particles... wouldn’t that make it a microscope?”

It’s detecting neutrinos coming from outer space, just like an optical telescope detects and focuses photons (even smaller than neutrinos) to see planets and stars.


13 posted on 01/03/2011 10:11:43 AM PST by aquila48
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