China Constructing Underwater Telescope to Detect Ghost Particles

China is in the process of building an enormous telescope in the western Pacific Ocean, designed to detect elusive particles known as neutrinos, also known as ‘ghost particles’.

Key Points

  • Neutrinos are elusive, tiny, and nearly massless subatomic particles that have negligible charge, making them challenging to detect.
  • These particles rarely interact with other matter, but they can create observable by-products when they interact with water or ice, such as the production of "muons" that generate flashes of light.
  • China's new telescope, called "Trident," is designed to be located in the South China Sea, spanning an impressive 7.5 cubic kilometres, which is ....
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