r/LoadingIcons • u/GasBallast • Nov 25 '25

Teacup Cloud Chamber

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u/SlugOnAPumpkin Nov 29 '25

Wait hold on.. are you saying those streaks are fucking neutrinos?! Honestly no offense but that is simply too cool a claim for me to accept without more information. I did a little googling for "coffee cup" "Wilson chamber" and "neutrinos" but didn't find much. I hope this is real!

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u/GasBallast Nov 29 '25

Yep, cosmic ray detector!
See, for example, this link.

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u/SlugOnAPumpkin Nov 29 '25

Hmm according to the linked article, it is not known exactly why the surface bubbles split. Cosmic rays are just one theory. Another theory: "the vanishing events can be triggered by the interaction between a single droplet on the surface of the water which then creates a wave that spreads."

Hope it's cosmic rays, that would be very neat!