SNAPPY CubeSat Takes Flight to Test Space-Based Neutrino Detectors

SNAPPY undergoing payload integration. Credit - SpaceX

Neutrinos, the second most common fundamental particles in the universe, are notoriously difficult to detect. So far we’ve only been able to do so by building giant vats of water far underground with hundreds of photodetectors watching for brief flashes of light. But a new CubeSat mission hopes to change that dynamic and enable the neutrino detectors of the future a much less constrained and expensive existence – in space.

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