What was the Homestake experiment designed to detect?
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Neutrinos, tiny subatomic particles with virtually no mass, were the elusive target of the Homestake experiment. Conducted deep within the Homestake gold mine in South Dakota, USA, this ambitious experiment aimed to detect the faint traces of neutrinos produced by nuclear reactions occurring within the Sun.
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