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The world's most sensitive dark matter detector just delivered 'significant results'
Physicists at the LUX-ZEPLIN (LZ) experiment announced the results from their dark matter detector's first scientific run.
The LZ detector is the world's most sensitive dark matter detector and the team announced the experiment is working as intended, and has released "significant results," a press statement reveals.
Though it did not detect dark matter in this first round of experiments, the signs are promising for a team that intends to use the machine to shed new light on one of the great mysteries of the universe.
Dark matter detector team kickstarts cosmic experiments
The LZ detector, located underground in South Dakota, is composed of several nested tanks of liquid xenon, each of which is 1.5 meters tall and 1.5 meters wide. It was placed underground so there would be as little background noise as possible for the experiment to detect elusive dark matter particles.
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