Question

Two astronomy students travel to South Dakota. One stands on Earth’s surface and enjoys some sunshine. At the same time, the other descends into a gold mine where neutrinos are detected, arriving in time to detect the creation of a new radioactive argon nucleus. Although the photon at the surface and the neutrinos in the mine arrive at the same time, they have had very different histories. Describe the differences.

Answer 1

The photon takes millions of years to reach the Surface of the sun while the Neutrinos travelling at the speed of light reaches the surface of the sun in approximately 2 seconds

The Photon is million year old while the neutrino is just some minutes old as observed by the student .

Step-by-step explanation:

Although The Photon ( sunshine from the sun's surface ) heating up the student standing on the Earth's surface and the neutrinos discovered by the other student inside the gold mine are both formed in the Sun's core.

The difference between both are

The photon takes millions of years to reach the Surface of the sun while the Neutrinos travelling at the speed of light reaches the surface of the sun in approximately 2 seconds

The Photon is million year old while the neutrino is just some minutes old as observed by the student .