Shimmering liquid argon inside a 35-ton-capacity prototype cryostat used for early tests of LBNF/DUNE. Courtesy Fermilab/Reidar Hahn
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I spent a month immersed in the world of neutrino research & emerged with a profound respect for these weird little particles.
Physicists' theory of neutrinos began almost as a joke. It ended with the realization that neutrinos might explain why the universe exists.
Come down the rabbit hole with me:
https://aeon.co/essays/going-deep-underground-to-reveal-the-mysteries-of-the-neutrino #science #physics #nature #life
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