Category: Physics

Betelgeuse! Betelgeuse! Betelgeuse!

The reviews are in: Beetlejuice, the movie and sequel – meh.  Betelgeuse the star – spectacular!  With the coming of the winter months, we will

The Strike Zone

Last month’s column discussed the properties of neutrinos. Despite their tiny mass and elusive nature (they pass through everything), detecting them is important; that is the

Trillions and Trillions

At the instant that you read this, billions of neutrinos are passing through your body. They are not electromagnetic waves. They are real particles: just