Apollo astronauts reported seeing flashes of light with their eyes closed in total darkness, caused by cosmic radiation passing directly through their skulls; on Earth, the magnetosphere blocks most radiation, but on the Moon with no magnetosphere, high-energy particles can penetrate bone and brain tissue in under a nanosecond, causing visual flashes without physical sensation.
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Every Apollo astronaut saw light [music] with their eyes completely closed, not a reflection, not a malfunction, cosmic radiation passing directly [music] through their skulls. On Earth, the magnetosphere stops most of it. On the Moon, there is no magnetosphere, [music] nothing stops it. High-energy particles punched through hull, suit, bone, and brain tissue in under a nanosecond.
[music] They felt nothing, they only saw it. NASA named it, logged it, [music] and kept sending people anyway. Right now, without that magnetic shield, you would see constant flashes. Your skull [music] is not protection, it's just what the universe fires through. So, what else passes through you right now that you never see [music] at all?
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