Physicists Spot Curious Signal in Hunt for Elusive Dark Matter Particles

To search for dark matter, LZ uses photomultiplier tubes (shown here before installation in the detector) to capture light from particle interactions. Image credit: Matthew Kapust / Sanford Underground Research Laboratory.

Physicists using the LUX-ZEPLIN (LZ) dark matter detector deep underground in a former South Dakota gold mine say they’ve recorded a single particle interaction that they can’t easily explain, but they’re a long way from claiming a discovery.

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