Australia has launched one of only a handful of labs across the globe with the capacity to detect the mysterious dark matter, something which has never been seen and is little understood.
Launched on Friday in regional Victoria and located one kilometre underground in the Stawell Gold Mine, the Stawell Underground Physics Laboratory (SUPL), will lead Australia’s research in the field, advance scientific understanding of dark matter, and attempt to unlock the secrets of the universe.
Lead researcher on the project, the University of Melbourne’s Professor Elisabetta Barberio, said in a release on Friday that dark matter has remained elusive for decades….