About 60 billion neutrinos pass through each square centimeter of Earth every second.
Sources
- Un neutrino éblouit l’astrophysique | CNRS Le journal (lejournal.cnrs.fr)
- https://www.symmetrymagazine.org/article/june-2015/five-facts-about-neutrinos (symmetrymagazine.org)
- https://neutrinos.fnal.gov/facts/ (neutrinos.fnal.gov)
- https://www.forbes.com/sites/startswithabang/2018/09/25/ask-ethan-how-many-neutrinos-are-in-the-universe/ (forbes.com)
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