The Strangelet

The strangelet is aptly named. Theoretically, it's an ultra dense, minute piece of matter that travels at cosmic speeds. It's also theorized that strangelets are responsible for unexplained seismic events. Researchers at Southern Methodist University "proposed that two strangelets of unknown mass moving at roughly 400 km/s had passed through Earth" which "may have been responsible for two unexplained seismic events recorded on October 22 and November 24 in 1993."

It seems to me that strangelets are somewhat similar to neutrinos with one big difference. While neutrinos zip through matter without interacting, strangelets interact violently with matter. Of course, I'm not a theoretical physicist, I'm just a blogger. So, what the hell do I know?

Nevertheless, when scientists themselves name something a 'strangelet,' it must be strange. (via Instapundit)