(Originally posted http://abc.net.au)

An international science team including astronomy and physics professor John Beacom is using 11,000 giant ’lightbulbs,’ 50,000 tons of ultrapurewater and a rare Earth metal to detect tiny particles from distant exploding stars.

To learn more about this experiment, click this link for an interactive tour and explanation of the work John Beacom is involved in: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-06-17/inside-super-kamiokande-360-tour/11209104