Results from its first run indicate that XENON1T is the most sensitive dark matter detector on Earth. The sensitivity of the detector--an underground sentinel awaiting a collision that would confirm a hypothesis--stems from both its size and its "silence." Shielded by rock and water, and purified with a sophisticated system, the detector demonstrated a new record low radioactivity level, many orders of magnitude below surrounding material on Earth.
Results from its first run indicate that XENON1T is the most sensitive dark matter detector on Earth. The sensitivity of the detector--an underground sentinel awaiting a collision that would confirm a hypothesis--stems from both its size and its "silence." Shielded by rock and water, and purified with a sophisticated system, the detector demonstrated a new record low radioactivity level, many orders of magnitude below surrounding material on Earth.
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