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Physicists hunt dark matter a mile underground in South Dakota

Original: 🌌 ICYMI: About 85% of all matter across the # universe remains undetected by standard scientific instruments. Operating

Roughly 85% of the matter in the universe has never been directly detected, as it does not interact with standard scientific instruments. In South Dakota, UCLA astrophysicist Alvine Kamaha and the LUX-ZEPLIN collaboration are working nearly 1.6 km underground to catch rare particle interactions that could finally reveal this dark matter.

Why now: renewed interest in the LUX-ZEPLIN dark matter experiment and the ongoing mystery of dark matter

Alvine KamahaLUX-ZEPLINUCLASouth Dakota

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• 🌌 ICYMI: About 85% of all matter across the # universe remains undetected by standard scientific instruments. Operating nearly a mile (1.6 km) underground in # SouthDakota , # UCLA astrophysicist Alvine Kamaha and the LUX-ZEPLIN collaboration track rare particle interactions… · tksst@fediscience.org · 3

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