When a nuclear reactor is first powered on, it emits a mysterious blue glow that looks unreal—but it’s 100% real physics. That glow is called Cherenkov Radiation. It happens when charged particles travel through water faster than light can move in water (not faster than light in a vacuum—relax Einstein fans). This creates a shockwave of blue energy, just like a sonic boom but with light. 💥🔵 Discovered in 1934 by physicist Pavel Cherenkov, this phenomenon later won the 1958 Nobel Prize in Physi
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