Neutrino

A recent experiment suggests that a tiny particle called a neutrino reached speeds in excess of the speed of light. The experiment began with a particle accelerator at the CERN laboratory in Geneva, Switzerland. The particles were shot 732 km through the earth to another laboratory where they were detected by a piece of equipment called the OPERA. When I read about this experiment I became mindful that the subatomic particles were not affected by the density of the earth. This means that the particle traveled this distance without feeling any drag forces from the air or from the crust of the earth. This is a stunning finding, if true, this could debunk Einstein's theory of relativity and provide the framework for a conventional time machine.

Figure published by CERN, showing the distance the neutrino particle traveled in the experiment.