<![CDATA[Ara Balears in English - knowledge]]> 10 <![CDATA[A sign, for the moment]]> A flash of light. Zap! An instant of energy that was recorded in a tank of liquid xenon, a mile and a half underground in South Dakota, on the night of June 16, 2023. Three years later, the team that detected it is coming out to explain it to the world. “We have discovered dark matter,” they would say, if this were a work of science fiction. In reality, the researchers have come out to say: “For the moment, it is an observation that needs validation”.

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Rolf Tarrach Siegel (Valencia, 1948) is a professor of quantum physics. He has served as president of the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC), rector of the University of Luxembourg, and president of the European University Association.

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