‘Waiting for a ghost’: the search for dark matter 1km under an Australian town
by Tory Shepherd from on (#5QHV2)
To study the stuff of the universe, you have to block it out, and that is exactly what a bold project in regional Victoria is trying to do
Dark matter is flowing through you, right now.
This mysterious, invisible stuff makes up more than 80% of the universe, an elusive web of particles that pass freely through matter. To observe it, you have to get rid of all the interference.
Continue reading...