Oh-My-God Particle

Re:Oh-My-God Particle by dvh on Friday October 06, 2023 @11:22AM (#37792003)

> If the proton originated from a distance of 1.5 billion light years, it would take approximately 1.71 days from the reference frame of the proton to travel that distance.

Imagine traveling 10% of the size of the observable universe in 2 days.

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Re:Oh-My-God Particle by jkyrlach on Friday October 06, 2023 @11:47AM (#37792344)

It's murder on one's brakes.

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Re:Oh-My-God Particle by jkyrlach on Friday October 06, 2023 @11:48AM (#37792349)

Fixed spelling.

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Re:Oh-My-God Particle by willismichael on Friday October 06, 2023 @11:53AM (#37792410)

Regenerative braking FTW

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Re:Oh-My-God Particle by AnimalMuppet on Friday October 06, 2023 @01:14PM (#37793392)

Nah, it used aerobraking.

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Re:Oh-My-God Particle by dmitrygr on Friday October 06, 2023 @04:37PM (#37796062)

lithobraking !

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Re:Oh-My-God Particle by platz on Friday October 06, 2023 @01:57PM (#37793891)

But due to Lorentz Contraction, what would be the length of that space in the direction of travel from the particle's frame?

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Re:Oh-My-God Particle by fancy_pantser on Saturday October 07, 2023 @01:32AM (#37799235)

About two light days.

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Re:Oh-My-God Particle by miteyironpaw on Friday October 06, 2023 @02:47PM (#37794616)

Also at this speed a space ship a 100 m wide viewed from earth would appear to be 0.3125 nm wide or roughly size of a single water molecule. It would certainly be a way to travel!

note: not a physicist so my understanding may be off.

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