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China's huge JUNO neutrino detector turned on three months ago, and has already achieved new levels of sensitivity in studying these mysterious particles.

The detector weighs 20,000 tons & contains 45,000 sensors watching for rare neutrino interactions.

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JUNO's central detector (at the top of the picture) is filled with scintillation fluid and surrounded by photomultiplier tubes
The JUNO detector seen from outside (Image/©: Yuexiang Liu/JUNO Collaboration)

JUNO experiment delivers first physics results two months after completion | PRISMA+ – Precision Physics, Fundamental Interactions and Structure of Matter

Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz
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