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Evidence of strange quark matter striking Earth?

Posted by Hemos on from the it's-going-deeper-in-the-ground dept.

sifi writes "A group of researchers have identified two seismic events that they think provide the first evidence of a previously undetected form of matter passing through the Earth. The BBC has the full story [bbc.co.uk]. The so-called strange quark matter is so dense that a piece the size of a human cell would weigh a tonne. I kind of like the idea that the whole Earth can be used as a sort of 'particle detector' - I just hope that I'm not in the way when another one passes through!"

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  1. three-peat by grammar+nazi · · Score: 1, Redundant

    Wow. It's not like I didn't read this story the first *two* times that slashdot posted it. I think I'll go for THREE.

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