Episode Synopsis "Lecture 5 - Neutrinos: Ghosts of the Universe"

Dr Jenni Adams, Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Canterbury. More than 50 trillion solar neutrinos pass through your body every second! Abundant but elusive, these particles have truly amazing properties and provide a new way to look out at objects in our galaxy and beyond.

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