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HANDOUT RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE AND EDITORIAL SALES - MANDATORY CREDIT "AFP PHOTO / HO / NSF / ROBERT SCHWARZ"
In a handout picture taken on December 18, 2010 released by the US National Science Foundation (NSF) on December 23, 2010 the final Digital Optical Module (DOM) is prepared to be deployed in the IceCube array, the world's largest neutrino observatory, built under the Antarctic tundra near the US Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station. The observatory, finished after a decade of toil on December 18, is located 1,400 metres underground and will help scientists study space particles in the search for dark matter, invisible material that makes up most of the Universe's mass. The cube is a network of 5,160 optical sensors which will detects the blue light emitted when a neutrino crashes into ice at almost the speed of light. AFP PHOTO / HO / NSF / ROBERT SCHWARZ
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Antarctica |
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AFP / Mediafax Foto |
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ROBERT SCHWARZ |
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23 Decembrie 2010 |
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