Construction of world's most sensitive dark matter detector moves forward

Monday, September 26, 2016 - 12:02 in Astronomy & Space

LUX-ZEPLIN (LZ), a next-generation dark matter detector that will be at least 100 times more sensitive than its predecessor, has cleared another approval milestone and is on schedule to begin its deep-underground hunt for theoretical particles known as WIMPs, or weakly interacting massive particles, in 2020.

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