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Engineers Have Removed Almost 800 Thousand Tons of Rock 1.5 Km Deep to Open Caves that Will Host a Gigantic Scientific Experiment

Summary by O Antagonista
Huge machines had to be dismantled, taken by a well and assembled again almost 1.5 km below the surface. That's how workers opened the caverns of the DUNE experiment in the United States. The excavation ended in 2024 after the removal of almost 800 thousand tons of rock and created space for some of the largest detectors...
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Huge machines had to be dismantled, taken by a well and assembled again almost 1.5 km below the surface. That's how workers opened the caverns of the DUNE experiment in the United States. The excavation ended in 2024 after the removal of almost 800 thousand tons of rock and created space for some of the largest detectors...

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O Antagonista broke the news in São Paulo, Brazil on Sunday, October 4, 2026.
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