STORY: Inside this underground laboratory, China hopes to win a global race to solve one of the biggest mysteries in particle physics. The $300 million Jiangmen Underground Neutrino Observatory, or ...

The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources is looking for a new tenant to lease space set to become vacant. That tenant will need to enjoy being deep underground, though - the space is on Level 27 ...

Africa’s first deep underground science laboratory may become a reality in the next five to ten years with the establishment of the Paarl Africa Underground Laboratory (PAUL) in the Du Toits Kloof ...

Lead, SD, May 14, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- With a total depth of 8000 feet, the Sanford Underground Research Facility (SURF) is a one-of-a-kind location for experiments that are pioneering new ways to ...

Far below the Black Hills of South Dakota, crews are building the world’s deepest underground science lab at a depth equivalent to more than six Empire State buildings — a place uniquely suited to ...

Gift Article 10 Remaining As a subscriber, you have 10 articles to gift each month. Gifting allows recipients to access the article for free. Fermilab is building a new accelerator that eventually ...

In the global race to directly detect dark matter, a project in South Dakota has lapped the field. LUX-ZEPLIN (LZ), a next-generation dark matter experiment funded by the United States Department of ...

China has just opened the deepest and largest underground laboratory in the world. The China Jinping Underground Laboratory-II will seek to uncover the secrets of dark matter. At about 7,800 feet ...

On October 18, beneath the Nevada desert, the National Nuclear Security Administration intentionally set off a non-nuclear explosion. The US Geological Survey registered its magnitude at 1.7, ...

Scientists charged with ensuring the aging U.S. stockpile of nuclear weapons are good to go — if needed — say they'll start shipping key components to Nevada's desert next year to prepare for ...

In the early days of spaceflight, just getting a satellite into Earth’s orbit was an accomplishment. In our era, landing rovers on other planets and bringing samples home from asteroids is the cutting ...