Ian Sample

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Science Weekly · ‘One of the biggest discoveries in science’: have scientists found dark matter? · 10 Sep 2026 podcast

They need to analyse more data. voice-verified

Now, this event that we're talking about struck that detector, was recorded in that detector on the 16th of June 2023. voice-verified

And they've analysed data up till April 2024. voice-verified

So they already have nearly two and a half years more data than they've analyzed. voice-verified

Now, obviously, they're now keen to analyze that extra data to see if there are any more events in there. voice-verified

And if they find more events of the same mass, you know, they will start adding to this and building confidence and, you know, they will be on their way to a discovery. voice-verified

But there are also other detectors. voice-verified

There are other dark matter detectors around the world that people are using, and they will clearly be looking at this result and being very interested and thinking, can we look in our data? voice-verified

Can we tweak our machine to be sensitive to this particular mass range of particle? voice-verified

And there are plans for future detectors. voice-verified

One of them could be voice-verified

a detector that would be about four times more sensitive than the LZ detector. voice-verified

And it could potentially even be put into what's called Bulby Mine, which is an old mine in North Yorkshire, which would be obviously absolutely fabulous for the UK. voice-verified

This would be... voice-verified

One of the biggest discoveries in science, because we're talking about understanding what is the vast majority of the mass of the universe. voice-verified

I mean, this would be vast. voice-verified

Clearly, it would be Nobel time. voice-verified

But it would also just be opening up this massive new realm that until now is completely hidden from us. voice-verified

You know, this result could disappear. voice-verified

We could be not talking about it in a couple of years' time. voice-verified

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