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Undersea Neutrino Observatory To Be Second-Largest Human Structure

cylonlover writes "An audacious project to construct a vast infrastructure housing a neutrino observatory at the bottom of the Mediterranean Sea is being undertaken by a consortium of 40 institutes and universities from ten European countries. The consortium claims that KM3NeT, as it is known, will 'open a new window on the Universe,' as its 'several' cubic kilometer observatory detects high-energy neutrinos from violent sources in outer space such as gamma-ray bursts, colliding stars and supernovae. On the scale of human constructions, it will be second only to the Great Wall of China."

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  1. Re:Stupid Title by Whiteox · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Nothing will beat the dingo fence in Australia in terms of man made structure. It stretches 5,614 km (3,488 miles)

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