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First sighting of ‘neutrino fog’ sparks excitement – but is it bad news for dark matter?

Ultra-sensitive detectors have observed neutrinos from the Sun, whose signals mimic those expected to be produced by elusive dark matter.
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Physicists in Italy and China have for the first time observed glimmers of the ‘neutrino fog’, signals from neutrinos that mimic those expected to be produced by dark matter.

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doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-024-03956-4

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