In a laboratory hidden in the mist above the dense forests of South Dakota, scientists are looking for the answer to the question that has puzzled science for decades, why does the universe exist? This American team is in the race to find the answer to this question in which the Japanese scientists are many years ahead of them. Today's astronomy theories are not able to explain how stars, planets and galaxies came into existence. The key to this mystery is hidden in a microscopic particle called neutrino. Both teams are building special detectors to investigate neutrinos.
DUNE is underway
According to the BBC report, scientists in America are running a huge experiment "Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment" (DUNE) which is located 1,500 meters below the surface of the earth. Three huge caves have been built here whose size is so huge that even the bulldozers working in them look like toys. Dr. Jarrett Heise, the science director of this project, says that these caves are like "cathedresses built for science". He has been overseeing their construction for the last 10 years. These caves have a peaceful environment, completely different from the radiation and noise of the surface. Now this project is moving towards its most important phase. Dr. Heise says, "We are on the verge of making a detector that can completely change our understanding of the universe. 1,500 scientists from 30 countries are ready to find the answer to this question, why do we exist?"
Scientists are looking for answers
When the universe originated, two types of particles were formed - matter and antimatter. According to the theory, both should have completely destroyed each other and nothing would have remained, only energy. But we exist today, which means matter somehow won. To solve this mystery, scientists are deeply studying neutrino and its opposite particle, anti-neutrino. They will send beams of both particles underground, 800 miles from Illinois to South Dakota, to see if there are any subtle differences. If the neutrinos and anti-neutrinos change in different ways, that could be a clue to how matter won out..jpg)
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