The launch of the largest telescope to detect neutrino particles, operating from the depths of Russia's Baikal Lake

Moscow-Sana

The Russian Ministry of Science and Higher Education announced today the launch of the largest telescope to detect neutrino particles in the northern hemisphere in Lake Baikal, in the east of the country.

The Russian Novosti Agency quoted the ministry as saying that the new telescope opens up to scientists "unprecedented horizons in geophysical and hydrological research, in lake science, and in the study of the development of galaxies and cosmic space, that is, in fields that require studying the torrents of neutrino particles emitted from space sources."

The launch of the telescope in the Baikal will contribute to the formation of a global network for counting neutrinos through a device in the northern hemisphere similar to the American snow-heel device for counting neutrino particles in the Antarctic.

The process of hunting neutrino depends on large quantities of pure water, whether in natural or artificial basins such as Lake Baikal, where the large volume of water provides more of the field that the neutrino molecule can pass through, and this water must be pure to remove substances that would affect the Passage and recording of a neutrino.

Neutrinos are neutral particles that do not have an electrical charge and have little mass and the speed of movement approaching the speed of light.

Scientists believe that these particles can reach Earth after their release from the depths of emerging or fading galaxies, which makes them carry information about what happened in the cosmic space millions and billions of years ago.