Monday 12 August 2019

Global team of scientists finish assembling next-generation dark matter detector

Global team of scientists finish assembling next-generation dark matter detector

The key component of the LUX-ZEPLIN experiment is ready to be sealed and lowered nearly 1.5 km underground, where it will search for dark matter. Dark matter is a mysterious form of matter thought to make up around 85 percent of the mass of the universe. However, because it is predicted to interact only very weakly with ordinary matter, it has so far not been detected.

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