A captivating view of the interior of the Super-Kamiokande neutrino detector in Japan. Thousands of photomultiplier tubes line the walls of a massive tank of ultra-pure water, designed to detect elusive neutrinos from the sun. Scientists are investigating the mystery of the missing solar neutrinos, a long-standing puzzle in particle physics.

Astronomy Picture from 28/10/1997

Rafting for Solar Neutrinos

Source: https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap971028.html


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