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Underground Detector May Catch Light From Stars Older Than Earth
A new generation of deep underground neutrino detectors could soon capture the diffuse supernova background radiation — the accumulated neutrino glow of every stellar death that occurred before our solar system formed.
Key Takeaways
- Deep underground detectors are nearing sensitivity to detect the diffuse supernova neutrino background
- The signal encodes the complete history of stellar death across 13.8 billion years
- Hyper-Kamiokande and DUNE represent a step change in neutrino astrophysics capability
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