To celebrate Dark Matter Day, we are excited to be travelling around the world, with live links to two fascinating underground labs that are part of the search for the elusive dark matter: the Stawell Underground Physics Laboratory and the Boulby Underground Laboratory.
Our underground labs are - among other things! - part of the international hunt for dark matter, the missing mass of the Universe. Join us online for this more in-depth look at what dark matter is and why we think it's real, despite not yet being able to detect it directly! This event is suitable for ages 12+.
Stawell Underground Physics Laboratory (SUPL) is located 1,025 metres below the surface within an operational gold mine west of Melbourne, SUPL is the only deep underground laboratory in the Southern Hemisphere. Built primarily to host the SABRE South dark matter experiment, SUPL has been operational for two years and provides an ultra-quiet environment for world-leading research into the mysteries of the universe.
Boulby Underground Laboratory is the UK’s deep underground science facility, 1.1 km underground in Britain’s deepest mine. Boulby Underground Lab hosts a wide array of both pure and applied multidisciplinary science - from low-background particle physics and the hunt for dark matter, to testing of Mars rover technologies and renewable energy storage studies.
This event will start at 10:00 GMT (21:00 AEDT) and will run until approximately 11:00 (22:00 AEDT). There will be plenty of opportunity to ask questions.
One ticket is required for each device that will be used to watch the event.
