* Astronomy

 Massive 30-ton MicroBooNE particle detector moved into place, will see neutrinos this year

On Monday, June 23, the next phase of neutrino physics at Fermilab fell (gently) into place.
The MicroBooNE dectector - a 30-ton, 40-foot-long cylindrical metal tank designed to detect ghostly particles called neutrinos - was carefully transported by truck across the U.S. Department of Energys Fermilab site, from the warehouse building it was constructed in to the experimental hall three miles away.
The massive detector was then hoisted up with a crane, lowered through the open roof of the building and placed into its permanent home, directly in the path of Fermilabs beam of neutrinos. There it will become the centerpiece of the MicroBooNE experiment, which will study those elusive particles to crack several big mysteries of the universe.
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