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Transported deep underground, the steel beams will be used for the construction of massive detector modules that will help Fermilab engineers to study neutrinos, some of the most common and least understood particles in the universe.—
Georgina Jedikovska,
Interesting Engineering,
8 May 2026 -
The first step involves getting 10 million pounds of steel beams underground through a 20-foot-wide shaft—and that only covers the first container.—
Joseph Howlett,
Scientific American,
8 May 2026
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Gamma rays are the most energetic type of light rays, typically marking the last gasp of a dying star or the cataclysmic clap of two neutron stars.—
Quanta Magazine,
Quanta Magazine,
6 May 2026
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Gamma rays are produced only when particles from these two states collide and annihilate—which means some of the dark matter must be in the excited state in the first place.—
Paul M. Sutter,
Scientific American,
6 May 2026
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“Sunbursts.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sunbursts. Accessed 13 May. 2026.
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