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China's neutrino observatory nears completion, aiming to unlock cosmic mysteries


The Jiangmen Underground Neutrino Observatory (JUNO) is almost ready to start recording data about neutrinos floating around the universe. Located in the city of Kaiping, in the...

Located in the city of Kaiping, in the Guangdong province, the Chinese detector, which took $300 million and nine years to build, has now entered the final stage of construction. The JUNO detector will specialize in studying antineutrinos, neutrino antiparticles produced by two nuclear power plants located 50 kilometers from the submerged orb. JUNO researchers are looking to rank the three distinct particles by their mass, solving one of the many questions nuclear physicists have speculated about since neutrinos were first experimentally detected in 1942.

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