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Sam Ting tries to expose dark matter’s mysteries

Physics Nobel laureate's space-based detector is analyzing billions of cosmic rays

Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer

EYES ON THE INVISIBLE PRIZE  Designed to detect cosmic rays, the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer cruises above Earth on the International Space Station.

NASA

By Andrew Grant

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