Posted 2/19/2024, 10:00:01 PM
World's Largest Underground Lab Seeks Elusive Dark Matter in China's Mountains
- Massive underground lab in China called CJPL-II, world's largest and deepest facility, aims to detect dark matter
- Buried 1.49 miles under mountain rock to reduce background noise in dark matter data
- Home to two upgraded dark matter detectors - PandaX and CDEX
- Detectors search for leading dark matter candidates called WIMPs by trying to get them to collide with xenon and germanium
- If detectors find evidence of a dark matter particle interaction, it would settle debate on whether dark matter is made up of particles