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[–] Gork@lemm.ee 31 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Neutrinos be like "we're clearly the superior males" as they penetrate everything (except a light year of lead).

[–] threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works 8 points 9 months ago (2 children)

Ever since hearing this, I've wondered what would happen if one did have a lightyear of lead. Is it possible to stop a neutrino without destroying it?

What would happen if I collected a bunch of stationary neutrinos in one place? What would they look like? What would they feel like?

[–] Zron@lemmy.world 11 points 9 months ago (2 children)

Considering they really hate interacting with stuff, they probably wouldn’t feel like anything.

[–] RGB3x3@lemmy.world 6 points 9 months ago

So could I pick up a lump of neutrino matter? Or would they pass right through my fingers even when stationary?

[–] exocrinous@lemm.ee 6 points 9 months ago (1 children)

The slower a neutrino goes, the faster it decays. This is because slowing it down makes time dilation less of a factor.

[–] MonkderZweite@feddit.ch 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Neurinos are products of space-time dilation?

[–] cows_are_underrated@feddit.de 4 points 9 months ago

Not directly. But since fast objects are affected by time dilatation(time is slower for them(at least from our perspective)) they have a longer lifespan(from our point of view).