🔬 Ever wondered what's happening in the ghostly world of neutrinos? Welcome to the Jiangmen Underground Neutrino Observatory (JUNO), the biggest neutrino lab on the planet! 🌍
🕳️ Buried 700 m underground in Guangdong Province on the Chinese mainland, JUNO began operations on August 26 after a decade of construction. This high-precision giant detector is designed to catch elusive subatomic particles called neutrinos—nature's cosmic messengers.
👩🔬👨🔬 Nearly 700 scientists from 17 countries are teaming up inside this underground fortress. Their mission? Crack the neutrino mass ordering code and study neutrinos streaming from the sun, supernovae, the atmosphere—and even from within the Earth itself!
🌌 Why does it matter? Neutrinos can travel across galaxies without being stopped, so decoding their secrets could reveal how stars explode, how planets form, and why the universe has more matter than antimatter.
💡 JUNO marks a thrilling milestone for astrophysics and could reshape our understanding of the universe's tiniest building blocks. Get ready for a scientific journey that reaches from the heart of the Earth to the edge of the cosmos!
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Unlocking the universe: World's largest neutrino lab powers up
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