postheadericon Solar Neutrino Search Yields Null Result

Often scientists spend time trying to validate some hypothesis and the results don’t support the hypothesis. This is part of the scientific process. In a paper submitted to the Astrophysical Journal, a large team of astronomers searched for expected fluctuations in the solar neutrino count at the Sudbury Neutrino Observatory and did not find any such fluctuations. Although a null result, it is important to understand that this null result is a major contribution to the understanding of the workings of the Sun. Read more about the neutrino astronomy experiments here.

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