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Evidence of Dark Matter Could Have Been Hiding for Billions of Years—Inside Ancient Rocks

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Scientists from Virginia Tech and other universities are building a new lab to test new dark matter theory.

Dark matter is currently imperceptible to modern science because it’s believed to be a weakly interacting particle.

The team is partnering with the University of Zürich to retrofit microbiology imaging technology to possibly spot high-energy particle tracks in rocks.

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