The first dark matter detector in the Southern Hemisphere has been officially opened. The Stawell Underground Physics Laboratory (SUPL) is built in a disused gold mine in Australia, giving it a unique position on the globe for detecting dark matter.
One kilometer underground in Stawell, in the Northern Grampians in Victoria, a team of Australian scientists has put the final touches on an underground lab that will help us understand the nature of our universe.
Australian scientists will seek answers to the long-standing mystery of dark matter in a gold mine. According to a press release from Australia's Nuclear Science and Technology Organization (ANSTO), the Stawell Below Physics Laboratory has been constructed from a gold mine over a mile underground in Victoria to detect dark matter.