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Researchers see the rarest event in the universe, beneath an Italian mountain

Cosmos Magazine - Sun 28 Apr 19

A dark-matter detector picks up radioactive decay that takes place over trillions of years. Andrew Masterson reports.

Observation of two-neutrino double electron capture in 124Xe with XENON1T

Nature News - Wed 24 Apr 19

Observation of two-neutrino double electron capture in 124Xe with XENON1TObservation of two-neutrino double electron capture in <sup>124</sup>Xe with XENON1T, Published ...

This is the slowest radioactive decay ever spotted

ScienceNews - Wed 24 Apr 19

Scientists have made the first direct observations of an exotic type of radioactive decay called two-neutrino double electron capture.

Dark matter detector observes rarest event ever recorded

Phys.org - Wed 24 Apr 19

How do you observe a process that takes more than one trillion times longer than the age of the universe? The XENON Collaboration research team did it with an instrument built to find the most ...

Dark matter detector observes rarest event ever recorded, SpaceDaily - Fri 26 Apr 19

How Physicists Measured the Rarest Event Ever Directly Observed

Gizmodo - Fri 26 Apr 19

This past week, scientists announced that they’d made an incredible physics observation using a vat of liquid xenon. It’s officially the rarest nuclear decay—and really, the rarest event ...

Scientists record unimaginably rare radioactive event

ZME Science - Fri 26 Apr 19

It has a half-life of about a trillion universes.

The Quest to Find One of the Most Elusive Particle Decays in the Universe

SPACE.com - Fri 26 Apr 19

...and break the laws of physics.

Dark matter scientists observe the 'rarest event ever recorded' - CNET

CNET - Fri 26 Apr 19

The universe is almost 14 billion years old. This process takes a trillion times longer.

Dark matter detector identifies extraordinarily rare radioactive decay

Ars Technica - Thu 25 Apr 19

Since we had a few tonnes of liquid xenon sitting around anyway...

Dark Matter Detector Makes Incredible Neutrino Observation

Gizmodo - Wed 24 Apr 19

A detector designed to hunt for dark matter has made a particle physics observation that will hopefully help physicists establish important truths about our Universe. No, it didn’t spot dark ...

Researchers Just Measured an Atom with a Half-Life of 18 Sextillion Years

Livescience - Wed 24 Apr 19

Researchers just measured an atom with a half-life of 18 sextillion years — 1 trillion times the age of the universe.

Dark matter detector records extremely rare decay of xenon-124

UPI - Wed 24 Apr 19

With the help of a dark matter detector, scientists have observed the decay of xenon-124 -- the "rarest thing ever recorded."

Exotic nuclear decay observed in dark-matter detector

Physicsworld Blog - Wed 24 Apr 19

Two-neutrino double electron capture is seen in huge tank of xenon The post Exotic nuclear decay observed in dark-matter detector appeared first on Physics World.

Researchers observe slowest atom decay ever measured

SpaceDaily - Mon 29 Apr 19

Zurich, Switzerland (SPX) Apr 26, 2019 Around 1500 meters deep in the Italian Gran Sasso mountains is the underground laboratory LNGS (Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso), in which scientists ...

Researchers observe slowest atom decay ever measured, Eurekalert - Wed 24 Apr 19

Elemental old-timer makes the universe look like a toddler

SpaceDaily - Fri 26 Apr 19

Houston TX (SPX) Apr 26, 2019 In terms of longevity, the universe has nothing on xenon 124. Theory predicts the isotope's radioactive decay has a half-life that surpasses the age of the universe ...

Elemental old-timer makes the universe look like a toddler, ScienceDaily - Wed 24 Apr 19
Elemental old-timer makes the universe look like a toddler, Eurekalert - Wed 24 Apr 19

Researchers observe rarest event in history of the universe

Science Blog - Thu 25 Apr 19

Around 1,500 meters deep in the Italian Gran Sasso mountains is the underground laboratory LNGS (Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso), in which scientists search for dark matter particles in ...