Why does India need such a large magnet? It's for their neutrino observatory, which must be built underground so cosmic rays and other radiation don't interfere with the 30,000 detectors located there.
This particular observatory, dubbed INO (Indian Neutrino Observatory) will see neutrinos interacting with the iron to eject charged particles, that will be recorded by the various detectors and provide insight into the astronomy world. Only two sources have been located so far by other observatories (the sun and supernova SN1987A) but the INO is hopeful it will find others—otherwise they wouldn't have coughed up a budget of $250 million for the project.
38 comments:
They should build another big magnet and make a giant subwoofer... lol
Nice, would like to see what it's capable of when it's finished!
Cool Story Bro!;)
hmm, smells like autobots.
hmm, smells like autobots.
Woah, this is frikken interesting! I love science and big things!
lol, I hope India knows how to use magnets.
I can't even understand what kind of power a magnet of that size has.
Wow that's quite impressive!!
i didn't know this
thanks
That would erase a LOT of VHS tapes!
i bet that thing is the reason for 2012 catastrophies
How exactly do these things work anyway?
im gonna rub all your nails and screws against it so they stick to your tools!!!
*evil laugh*
*muhahahahahah*
Damn, I wonder how many workers will get their metal things stuck to the magnet :D
Dang those cosmic rays. I say they say to hell with the magnet and breed a bunch of mutant X-men of india.
That thing will probably cause cancer in some lol
That is def a MASSIVE magnet
I hope nothing goes wrong with it.
yes but how does it worK?
i've heard about these!!
hove this will revil how they works
How do they work?
I wonder how can they keep the underground computers protected...
i'm not surprise here. india has an awesome physics program and they have great research facilities.
interesting
Haha at roxxor, a giant subwoofer would be cool.
imagine the power.
but then you'd need a huge amp to go along with it.
How far will this magnet's field be?
I noticed your new blog layout... really cool
very nice!
physics = win. but i am afraid of the magnet =(
fuking miracles , and btw wtf does india care about the universe >.>? wtf, anyways they got a bunch of money so w/e >.>
lol, funny!
Magnets are awesome!
Oh man, this is awesome. I can't wait to see where this leads. I keep thinking of the picture "Magnets, how do they work?" Still awesome though.
Is anyone else having problem trying to comment on this blog? I have to open comments in a new tab to reply since simply clicking comment only brings up some sound ad or w/e.
I wonder what the power will be
bring your hard drives with the bad stuff on them to get erased!
wow, awesome
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