M e g a w o n d e r s (G.H.S. Avanavanchery)

Did You Know.........??????


* ...that in the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) (pictured) protons, accelerated to the energy of 7 TeV, move at 99.999999% of light speed and become 7,500 times heavier than at rest?
* ...that, at a speed of 299,792,458 m/s, light can travel to the Moon in 1.2 seconds?
* ...that the submarine telescope ANTARES, intended to detect neutrinos, may also be used to observe bioluminescent plankton and fish?
* ...that lasers can be used to separate two isotopes very efficiently?
* ...that neutron stars are so dense that a teaspoonful (5 mL) would have ten times the mass of all human world population?
* ...that every year, the Moon moves 3.82 cm away from Earth?
* ...that gold leaf is about 500 atoms thick?