The project that seeks the origin of the universe under a mountain in the Pyrenees
At the Canfranc Underground Laboratory in northern Spain, a team of international scientists is building a machine to unravel the mysteries of dark matter and answer the question: Why are we here?
It was a good day to be underground. Canfranc, a village of 612 inhabitants in the Spanish Pyrenees, woke up looking gloomy, the color of its buildings dulled by dense, impenetrable clouds, with residents confined to their homes, almost no tourists on the streets, and a biting cold that cut the lips of anyone who ventured out. It was the kind of day that made one wonder, more than ever: why are we here? At the Canfranc Underground Laboratory (LSC), just a few miles from the French border, an international team of scientists is trying to find at least part of the answer to that question that has obsessed humanity since the beginning of time.
