Comment Neutrino and photons and gravity... (Score 2) 412
I'm not even remotely qualified to comment on this, but I seem to remember light being affected by gravity and thus the mass around it, where as neutrinos are virtually unaffected by normal matter. What this says to me is the neutrinos are showing us what the actual speed limit of the universe is compared to what we think it should be as an observer sitting on a giant ball of gravity rich mass. Basically, in space, they go the same speed, which is why the neutrinos and photons from a distant stellar event show up here at the same time, but on earth, the results might be slightly different.
My gut tells me that this will end up shoring up special relativity and perhaps adding a new understanding of our universe without shattering everything as so many are saying.