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Cowan–Reines neutrino experiment

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Tiny bits fly through everything.

Group portrait of the Project Poltergeist.jpg
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They are very hard to find. They can pass right through the Earth. Two men used water to find them. They saw tiny flashes of light. Now we know they are real. Can you find them too?

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