S8 Ep692: 7. Headline: Underground Laboratories and Echoes of the Big Bang Guest Author: Govert Schilling Summary: The Cosmic Microwave Background provides a "recipe" confirming the need for dark matter. Deep underground at Gran Sasso, scientists use xenon detector
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7. Headline: Underground Laboratories and Echoes of the Big Bang Guest Author: Govert Schilling Summary: The Cosmic Microwave Background provides a "recipe" confirming the need for dark matter. Deep underground at Gran Sasso, scientists use xenon detectors to catch rare particle collisions, while the DAMAexperiment claims a controversial seasonal pattern. Additionally, the AMS on the International Space Station searches for dark matter signals through antimatter detection. (7)
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