Super-Kamiokande experiment

The Super-Kamiokande experiment is a large underground detector in Japan designed to study tiny particles called neutrinos, which come from the sun, cosmic rays, and other sources. It uses a huge tank filled with ultra-pure water, lined with sensitive detectors that observe faint flashes of light caused when neutrinos interact with water molecules. By analyzing these interactions, scientists can learn about neutrino properties, their origins, and fundamental physics phenomena like neutrino oscillations—where neutrinos change types as they travel. This helps deepen our understanding of the universe and the fundamental particles that make it up.