Researchers dig deep underground in hopes of finally observing dark matter
Physicists like me don't fully understand what makes up "dark matter." Deep beneath South Dakota, we're trying to change that.
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Physicists like me don't fully understand what makes up "dark matter." Deep beneath South Dakota, we're trying to change that.
The inside of the LZ outer detector. The LZ is a super sensitive machine that may one day detect a dark matter particle. Matt Kapust, SURF, CC BY-SAPhysicists like me don’t fully understand what makes up about 83% of the matter of the universe — something we call “dark matter.” But with a tank full of xenon buried nearly a mile under South Dakota, we might one day be able to measure what dark matter really is. In the typical model, dark matter accounts for most of the gravitational attraction in
A brief test has proven that the new LUX-ZEPLIN dark matter detector is the most sensitive ever. It may be our best bet for finally finding dark matter particles