Obviously I'm no physicist, but I do have an interest in physics-related things, especially astrophysics having watched every episode of the History channel's "The Universe". While I'm aware this lies in the realm of quantum mechanics, I am very excited to hear more about this, hopefully, in the coming months. Would this not be one of the greatest discoveries in our lifetimes? Anyways, I'm not really up to speed on the anatomy of a neutrino, but if I'm not mistaken, it's a sub-atomic particle with a mass close to zero, right? The article made it sound like this was legit, but it really blows my fucking mind. Aren't neutrino's the particles that have been observed to literally "jump" instantaneously from one neutron to another? Perhaps this "teleportation" has played a role in the timing differences between the neutrinos and light.
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