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The World's Most Powerful Hypergravity Machine - China

An aerial drone photo taken on September 29, 2025 shows the Centrifugal Hypergravity and Interdisciplinary Experiment Facility (CHIEF) in Hangzhou, east China's Zhejiang Province. China on Monday launched the world's largest centrifuge in terms of capacity, capable of generating 300 times Earth's gravity for a load up to 20 tonnes. The machine, coded CHIEF1300, is one of the core components of the Centrifugal Hypergravity and Interdisciplinary Experiment Facility (CHIEF) currently under construction in Hangzhou, east China's Zhejiang Province. It can be harnessed for frontier research spanning deep-ocean and deep-Earth resources extraction, disaster mitigation and prevention, underground waste disposal, and the synthesis of new materials. Photo by Huang Zongzhi/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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The World's Most Powerful Hypergravity Machine - China

This photo taken on September 29, 2025 shows a launching ceremony of the centrifuge coded CHIEF1300, one of the core components of the Centrifugal Hypergravity and Interdisciplinary Experiment Facility (CHIEF), in Hangzhou, east China's Zhejiang Province. China on Monday launched the world's largest centrifuge in terms of capacity, capable of generating 300 times Earth's gravity for a load up to 20 tonnes. The machine, coded CHIEF1300, is one of the core components of the Centrifugal Hypergravity and Interdisciplinary Experiment Facility (CHIEF) currently under construction in Hangzhou, east China's Zhejiang Province. It can be harnessed for frontier research spanning deep-ocean and deep-Earth resources extraction, disaster mitigation and prevention, underground waste disposal, and the synthesis of new materials. Photo by Huang Zongzhi/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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The World's Most Powerful Hypergravity Machine - China

This photo taken on September 29, 2025 shows an exterior view of the Centrifugal Hypergravity and Interdisciplinary Experiment Facility (CHIEF) in Hangzhou, east China's Zhejiang Province. China on Monday launched the world's largest centrifuge in terms of capacity, capable of generating 300 times Earth's gravity for a load up to 20 tonnes. The machine, coded CHIEF1300, is one of the core components of the Centrifugal Hypergravity and Interdisciplinary Experiment Facility (CHIEF) currently under construction in Hangzhou, east China's Zhejiang Province. It can be harnessed for frontier research spanning deep-ocean and deep-Earth resources extraction, disaster mitigation and prevention, underground waste disposal, and the synthesis of new materials. Photo by Huang Zongzhi/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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The World's Most Powerful Hypergravity Machine - China

This photo taken on September 29, 2025 shows an interior view of the Centrifugal Hypergravity and Interdisciplinary Experiment Facility (CHIEF) in Hangzhou, east China's Zhejiang Province. China on Monday launched the world's largest centrifuge in terms of capacity, capable of generating 300 times Earth's gravity for a load up to 20 tonnes. The machine, coded CHIEF1300, is one of the core components of the Centrifugal Hypergravity and Interdisciplinary Experiment Facility (CHIEF) currently under construction in Hangzhou, east China's Zhejiang Province. It can be harnessed for frontier research spanning deep-ocean and deep-Earth resources extraction, disaster mitigation and prevention, underground waste disposal, and the synthesis of new materials. Photo by Huang Zongzhi/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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The World's Most Powerful Hypergravity Machine - China

This photo taken on September 29, 2025 shows the centrifuge coded CHIEF1300, one of the core components of the Centrifugal Hypergravity and Interdisciplinary Experiment Facility (CHIEF), in Hangzhou, east China's Zhejiang Province. China on Monday launched the world's largest centrifuge in terms of capacity, capable of generating 300 times Earth's gravity for a load up to 20 tonnes. The machine, coded CHIEF1300, is one of the core components of the Centrifugal Hypergravity and Interdisciplinary Experiment Facility (CHIEF) currently under construction in Hangzhou, east China's Zhejiang Province. It can be harnessed for frontier research spanning deep-ocean and deep-Earth resources extraction, disaster mitigation and prevention, underground waste disposal, and the synthesis of new materials. Photo by Huang Zongzhi/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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The World's Most Powerful Hypergravity Machine - China

An aerial drone photo taken on September 29, 2025 shows the Centrifugal Hypergravity and Interdisciplinary Experiment Facility (CHIEF) in Hangzhou, east China's Zhejiang Province. China on Monday launched the world's largest centrifuge in terms of capacity, capable of generating 300 times Earth's gravity for a load up to 20 tonnes. The machine, coded CHIEF1300, is one of the core components of the Centrifugal Hypergravity and Interdisciplinary Experiment Facility (CHIEF) currently under construction in Hangzhou, east China's Zhejiang Province. It can be harnessed for frontier research spanning deep-ocean and deep-Earth resources extraction, disaster mitigation and prevention, underground waste disposal, and the synthesis of new materials. Photo by Huang Zongzhi/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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The World's Most Powerful Hypergravity Machine - China

Staff members manage the operation of the centrifuge coded CHIEF1300 via a safety monitoring system in Hangzhou, east China's Zhejiang Province, on September 29, 2025. China on Monday launched the world's largest centrifuge in terms of capacity, capable of generating 300 times Earth's gravity for a load up to 20 tonnes. The machine, coded CHIEF1300, is one of the core components of the Centrifugal Hypergravity and Interdisciplinary Experiment Facility (CHIEF) currently under construction in Hangzhou, east China's Zhejiang Province. It can be harnessed for frontier research spanning deep-ocean and deep-Earth resources extraction, disaster mitigation and prevention, underground waste disposal, and the synthesis of new materials. Photo by Huang Zongzhi/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Underground Neutrino Observatory Operation - Chin

File photo dated on October 10, 2025 shows staff members working on a stainless steel truss of the central detector of the Jiangmen Underground Neutrino Observatory (JUNO) in Jiangmen, south China's Guangdong Province. The world's largest transparent spherical detector began operation in China on Tuesday, making it the world's first operational ultra-large scientific facility dedicated to neutrino research with ultra-high precision. Having completed the filling of its 20,000-tonne liquid scintillator detector, JUNO in Guangdong began taking data after more than a decade of preparation and construction, on August 26, 2025 in Beijing, China. Photo by Jin Liwang Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Underground Neutrino Observatory Operation - Chin

(Researchers applaud to celebrate the successful data acquisition at a control room of the Jiangmen Underground Neutrino Observatory (JUNO) in Jiangmen, south China's Guangdong Province, August 26, 2025. The world's largest transparent spherical detector began operation in China on Tuesday, making it the world's first operational ultra-large scientific facility dedicated to neutrino research with ultra-high precision. Having completed the filling of its 20,000-tonne liquid scintillator detector, JUNO in Guangdong began taking data after more than a decade of preparation and construction Photo by Liu Yuexiang Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Underground Neutrino Observatory Operation - Chin

This is a schematic diagram of a reactor neutrino event detected by the Jiangmen Underground Neutrino Observatory (JUNO) in Jiangmen, south China's Guangdong Province, Aug. 24, 2025. The world's largest transparent spherical detector began operation in China on Tuesday, making it the world's first operational ultra-large scientific facility dedicated to neutrino research with ultra-high precision. Having completed the filling of its 20,000-tonne liquid scintillator detector, JUNO in Guangdong began taking data after more than a decade of preparation and construction, on August 26, 2025 in Beijing, China. Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Underground Neutrino Observatory Operation - Chin

File photo taken on Nov. 22, 2024 shows the acrylic sphere of the central detector of the Jiangmen Underground Neutrino Observatory (JUNO) in Jiangmen, south China's Guangdong Province. The world's largest transparent spherical detector began operation in China on Tuesday, making it the world's first operational ultra-large scientific facility dedicated to neutrino research with ultra-high precision. Having completed the filling of its 20,000-tonne liquid scintillator detector, JUNO in Guangdong began taking data after more than a decade of preparation and construction, on August 26, 2025 in Beijing, China. Photo by Jin Liwang Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Underground Neutrino Observatory Operation - Chin

This stitched photo shows the central detector of the Jiangmen Underground Neutrino Observatory (JUNO) under construction in Jiangmen, south China's Guangdong Province, Oct. 9, 2024. The world's largest transparent spherical detector began operation in China on Tuesday, making it the world's first operational ultra-large scientific facility dedicated to neutrino research with ultra-high precision. Having completed the filling of its 20,000-tonne liquid scintillator detector, JUNO in Guangdong began taking data after more than a decade of preparation and construction, on August 26, 2025 in Beijing, China. Photo by Jin Liwang Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Underground Neutrino Observatory Operation - Chin

Researchers work at a control room of the Jiangmen Underground Neutrino Observatory (JUNO) in Jiangmen, south China's Guangdong Province, on August 26, 2025. The world's largest transparent spherical detector began operation in China on Tuesday, making it the world's first operational ultra-large scientific facility dedicated to neutrino research with ultra-high precision. Having completed the filling of its 20,000-tonne liquid scintillator detector, JUNO in Guangdong began taking data after more than a decade of preparation and construction Photo by Liu Yuexiang Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Underground Neutrino Observatory Operation - Chin

File photo taken on Dec. 16, 2024 shows the central detector of the Jiangmen Underground Neutrino Observatory (JUNO) in Jiangmen, south China's Guangdong Province. The world's largest transparent spherical detector began operation in China on Tuesday, making it the world's first operational ultra-large scientific facility dedicated to neutrino research with ultra-high precision. Having completed the filling of its 20,000-tonne liquid scintillator detector, JUNO in Guangdong began taking data after more than a decade of preparation and construction, on August 26, 2025 in Beijing, China. Photo by Jin Liwang Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Underground Neutrino Observatory Operation - Chin

File photo taken on Dec. 17, 2024 shows photo-multiplier tubes seen from top of the acrylic sphere of the liquid-scintillator detector in Jiangmen Underground Neutrino Observatory (JUNO) in Jiangmen, south China's Guangdong Province. The world's largest transparent spherical detector began operation in China on Tuesday, making it the world's first operational ultra-large scientific facility dedicated to neutrino research with ultra-high precision. Having completed the filling of its 20,000-tonne liquid scintillator detector, JUNO in Guangdong began taking data after more than a decade of preparation and construction, on August 26, 2025 in Beijing, China. Photo by Jin Liwang Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Underground Neutrino Observatory Operation - Chin

This is a schematic diagram of a reactor neutrino event detected by the Jiangmen Underground Neutrino Observatory (JUNO) in Jiangmen, south China's Guangdong Province, on August 24, 2025. The world's largest transparent spherical detector began operation in China on Tuesday, making it the world's first operational ultra-large scientific facility dedicated to neutrino research with ultra-high precision. Having completed the filling of its 20,000-tonne liquid scintillator detector, JUNO in Guangdong began taking data after more than a decade of preparation and construction, on August 26, 2025 in Beijing, China. Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Underground Wartime Medical Zone - Israel

A medical staff member works at an underground wartime medical zone at Sheba Medical Center in Ramat Gan, Israel, June 23, 2025. A wartime medical zone has been established at Sheba Medical Center in Ramat Gan of Israel, amid ongoing missile attacks during the Iran-Israel conflict. The hospital has opened six reinforced units, including five underground and one above-ground facility, designed to offer up to 700 beds and relocate patients and departments from unfortified areas. Photo by Xinhua/Chen Junqing/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Underground Wartime Medical Zone - Israel

Medical staff work at an underground wartime medical zone at Sheba Medical Center in Ramat Gan, Israel, June 23, 2025. A wartime medical zone has been established at Sheba Medical Center in Ramat Gan of Israel, amid ongoing missile attacks during the Iran-Israel conflict. The hospital has opened six reinforced units, including five underground and one above-ground facility, designed to offer up to 700 beds and relocate patients and departments from unfortified areas. Photo by Xinhua/Chen Junqing/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Underground Wartime Medical Zone - Israel

A medical staff member works at an underground wartime medical zone at Sheba Medical Center in Ramat Gan, Israel, June 23, 2025. A wartime medical zone has been established at Sheba Medical Center in Ramat Gan of Israel, amid ongoing missile attacks during the Iran-Israel conflict. The hospital has opened six reinforced units, including five underground and one above-ground facility, designed to offer up to 700 beds and relocate patients and departments from unfortified areas. Photo by Xinhua/Chen Junqing/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Underground Wartime Medical Zone - Israel

This photo taken on June 23, 2025 shows an underground wartime medical zone at Sheba Medical Center in Ramat Gan, Israel. A wartime medical zone has been established at Sheba Medical Center in Ramat Gan of Israel, amid ongoing missile attacks during the Iran-Israel conflict. The hospital has opened six reinforced units, including five underground and one above-ground facility, designed to offer up to 700 beds and relocate patients and departments from unfortified areas. Photo by Xinhua/Chen Junqing/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Underground Wartime Medical Zone - Israel

A medical staff member works at an underground wartime medical zone at Sheba Medical Center in Ramat Gan, Israel, June 23, 2025. A wartime medical zone has been established at Sheba Medical Center in Ramat Gan of Israel, amid ongoing missile attacks during the Iran-Israel conflict. The hospital has opened six reinforced units, including five underground and one above-ground facility, designed to offer up to 700 beds and relocate patients and departments from unfortified areas. Photo by Xinhua/Chen Junqing/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Underground Wartime Medical Zone - Israel

This photo taken on June 23, 2025 shows an underground wartime medical zone at Sheba Medical Center in Ramat Gan, Israel. A wartime medical zone has been established at Sheba Medical Center in Ramat Gan of Israel, amid ongoing missile attacks during the Iran-Israel conflict. The hospital has opened six reinforced units, including five underground and one above-ground facility, designed to offer up to 700 beds and relocate patients and departments from unfortified areas. Photo by Xinhua/Chen Junqing/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Underground Wartime Medical Zone - Israel

Medical staff work at an underground wartime medical zone at Sheba Medical Center in Ramat Gan, Israel, June 23, 2025. A wartime medical zone has been established at Sheba Medical Center in Ramat Gan of Israel, amid ongoing missile attacks during the Iran-Israel conflict. The hospital has opened six reinforced units, including five underground and one above-ground facility, designed to offer up to 700 beds and relocate patients and departments from unfortified areas. Photo by Xinhua/Chen Junqing/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Underground Wartime Medical Zone - Israel

This photo taken on June 23, 2025 shows an underground wartime medical zone at Sheba Medical Center in Ramat Gan, Israel. A wartime medical zone has been established at Sheba Medical Center in Ramat Gan of Israel, amid ongoing missile attacks during the Iran-Israel conflict. The hospital has opened six reinforced units, including five underground and one above-ground facility, designed to offer up to 700 beds and relocate patients and departments from unfortified areas. Photo by Xinhua/Chen Junqing/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Underground Wartime Medical Zone - Israel

Medical staff work at an underground wartime medical zone at Sheba Medical Center in Ramat Gan, Israel, June 23, 2025. A wartime medical zone has been established at Sheba Medical Center in Ramat Gan of Israel, amid ongoing missile attacks during the Iran-Israel conflict. The hospital has opened six reinforced units, including five underground and one above-ground facility, designed to offer up to 700 beds and relocate patients and departments from unfortified areas. Photo by Xinhua/Chen Junqing/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Underground Wartime Medical Zone - Israel

Medical staff work at an underground wartime medical zone at Sheba Medical Center in Ramat Gan, Israel, June 23, 2025. A wartime medical zone has been established at Sheba Medical Center in Ramat Gan of Israel, amid ongoing missile attacks during the Iran-Israel conflict. The hospital has opened six reinforced units, including five underground and one above-ground facility, designed to offer up to 700 beds and relocate patients and departments from unfortified areas. Photo by Xinhua/Chen Junqing/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Missile Alert Sends Israelis Underground

Israelis take shelter in a public underground facility during an Iranian ballistic missile barrage in Tel Aviv, Israel on June 14, 2025. Photo by Matan Golan/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Missile Alert Sends Israelis Underground

Israelis take shelter in a public underground facility during an Iranian ballistic missile barrage in Tel Aviv, Israel on June 14, 2025. Photo by Matan Golan/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Missile Alert Sends Israelis Underground

Israelis take shelter in a public underground facility during an Iranian ballistic missile barrage in Tel Aviv, Israel on June 14, 2025. Photo by Matan Golan/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Missile Alert Sends Israelis Underground

Israelis take shelter in a public underground facility during an Iranian ballistic missile barrage in Tel Aviv, Israel on June 14, 2025. Photo by Matan Golan/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Missile Alert Sends Israelis Underground

Israelis take shelter in a public underground facility during an Iranian ballistic missile barrage in Tel Aviv, Israel on June 14, 2025. Photo by Matan Golan/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Missile Alert Sends Israelis Underground

Israelis take shelter in a public underground facility during an Iranian ballistic missile barrage in Tel Aviv, Israel on June 14, 2025. Photo by Matan Golan/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Missile Alert Sends Israelis Underground

Israelis take shelter in a public underground facility during an Iranian ballistic missile barrage in Tel Aviv, Israel on June 14, 2025. Photo by Matan Golan/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Missile Alert Sends Israelis Underground

Israelis take shelter in a public underground facility during an Iranian ballistic missile barrage in Tel Aviv, Israel on June 14, 2025. Photo by Matan Golan/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Missile Alert Sends Israelis Underground

Israelis take shelter in a public underground facility during an Iranian ballistic missile barrage in Tel Aviv, Israel on June 14, 2025. Photo by Matan Golan/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Missile Alert Sends Israelis Underground

Israelis take shelter in a public underground facility during an Iranian ballistic missile barrage in Tel Aviv, Israel on June 14, 2025. Photo by Matan Golan/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Missile Alert Sends Israelis Underground

Israelis take shelter in a public underground facility during an Iranian ballistic missile barrage in Tel Aviv, Israel on June 14, 2025. Photo by Matan Golan/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Missile Alert Sends Israelis Underground

Israelis take shelter in a public underground facility during an Iranian ballistic missile barrage in Tel Aviv, Israel on June 14, 2025. Photo by Matan Golan/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Missile Alert Sends Israelis Underground

Israelis take shelter in a public underground facility during an Iranian ballistic missile barrage in Tel Aviv, Israel on June 14, 2025. Photo by Matan Golan/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Missile Alert Sends Israelis Underground

Israelis rush to a shelter in a public underground facility during an Iranian ballistic missile barrage in Tel Aviv, Israel on June 14m 2025. Photo by Matan Golan/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Missile Alert Sends Israelis Underground

Israelis take shelter in a public underground facility during an Iranian ballistic missile barrage in Tel Aviv, Israel on June 14, 2025. Photo by Matan Golan/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Missile Alert Sends Israelis Underground

Israelis take shelter in a public underground facility during an Iranian ballistic missile barrage in Tel Aviv, Israel on June 14, 2025. Photo by Matan Golan/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Missile Alert Sends Israelis Underground

Israelis rush to a shelter in a public underground facility during an Iranian ballistic missile barrage in Tel Aviv, Israel on June 14m 2025. Photo by Matan Golan/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Missile Alert Sends Israelis Underground

Israelis rush to a shelter in a public underground facility during an Iranian ballistic missile barrage in Tel Aviv, Israel on June 14m 2025. Photo by Matan Golan/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Missile Alert Sends Israelis Underground

Israelis rush to a shelter in a public underground facility during an Iranian ballistic missile barrage in Tel Aviv, Israel on June 14m 2025. Photo by Matan Golan/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Missile Alert Sends Israelis Underground

Israelis rush to a shelter in a public underground facility during an Iranian ballistic missile barrage in Tel Aviv, Israel on June 14m 2025. Photo by Matan Golan/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Missile Alert Sends Israelis Underground

Israelis rush to a shelter in a public underground facility during an Iranian ballistic missile barrage in Tel Aviv, Israel on June 14m 2025. Photo by Matan Golan/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Missile Alert Sends Israelis Underground

Israelis rush to a shelter in a public underground facility during an Iranian ballistic missile barrage in Tel Aviv, Israel on June 14m 2025. Photo by Matan Golan/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Missile Alert Sends Israelis Underground

Israelis rush to a shelter in a public underground facility during an Iranian ballistic missile barrage in Tel Aviv, Israel on June 14m 2025. Photo by Matan Golan/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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World's Largest Neutrino Observatory - China

Qin Zhonghua works at the construction site of the Jiangmen Underground Neutrino Observatory (JUNO) in Jiangmen, south China's Guangdong Province, Oct. 9, 2024. China has constructed the world's largest transparent spherical detector 700 meters underground to capture elusive neutrinos, often dubbed "ghost particles," to unravel the secrets of the infinitesimally small and the infinitely vast in the universe. The 12-story-tall acrylic sphere with a diameter of 35.4 meters, buried deep in a granite layer of a hill in Kaiping, Jiangmen City in south China's Guangdong Province, is the core part of JUNO, a gigantic and complex scientific facility. The construction of the challenging project, launched by the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) and the Guangdong government in 2015, has entered the final stage. Installation of the entire device is expected to be completed by the end of November, and the full operation of the facility is scheduled for August 2025, according to the Institute of High Energy Physics (IHEP)