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Muon particles can penetrate Earth’s atmosphere due to time dilation.

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Muons have a rest-frame lifetime of about 2.2 μs, but traveling near light speed, time dilation lets many reach the ground. At (0.998c), they can cover tens of kilometers before decaying.

🤯 "Muon particles can penetrate Earth’s atmosphere due to time dilation. Relativity gives them extra time."

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