Dark Matter Detection Receives 10-Ton Upgrade
Thursday, March 9, 2017 - 12:51
in Astronomy & Space
In an abandoned gold mine one mile beneath Lead, South Dakota, the cosmos quiets down enough to potentially hear the faint whispers of the universe's most elusive material -- dark matter. Shielded from the deluge of cosmic rays constantly showering the Earth's surface, the mine, scientists think, will be the ideal setting for the most sensitive dark matter experiment to date.