One of the biggest experiments ever is being realized at the deepest point of the Mediterranean sea, which is known as “The Well of Inousses” or “Calypso Deep” and is located near Pylos. Astronomy and telescope construction in the depths of the sea are being conducted. It sounds strange but it is totally true. One of the most important experiments in Physics’ history has been in progress for two decades, 30 nautical miles far from Pylos, inside the sea, 5,000 meters deep. It is an experiment of neutrino detection, called NESTOR (its name comes from the ancient king of the area), which predicts the presence of a huge telescope of 12 stages with a diameter of 32 meters and a total height of 330 meters, taller than the Eiffel Tower. Through the experiment, a new kind of astronomy emerges, beyond the sky and beyond the existing scientific knowledge. Professor of the University of Athens and chief of the program Leonidas Resvanis and his team, expect the unexpected, trying to map the most primitive and strange material particles, known as neutrinos. Very few know that the program NESTOR (Neutrino Extended Submarine Telescope with Oceanographic Research), which is co-sponsored by the General Secretariat for Research and Techology and OECD (Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development) aims at creating a new map of the sky, studying high-energy neutrinos. This is a form of radiation which has not been studied at all and the properties of which may utterly change the conception concerning the creation of the universe.
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