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The Most Unknown

We are deep underground because all the experiments here, whether they look for dark...

We are deep underground because all the experiments here, whether they look for dark matter or for neutrino or for any other kind of rare event, they need to be shielded from the cosmic radiation

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We are deep underground because all the experiments here,
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whether they look for dark matter or for neutrino
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or for any other kind of rare event,
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they need to be shielded from the cosmic radiation.
Duration
12 seconds
Views
26
Timestamp in Movie
00:08:53
Uploaded
Jun 27, 2025
Genres
documentary
Production
VICE Media

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Movie Summary

The Most Unknown is an epic documentary film that sends nine scientists to extraordinary parts of the world to uncover unexpected answers to some of humanity's biggest questions. How did life begin? What is time? What is consciousnes
There are protons or ions - The Most Unknown 00:05
There are protons or ions
They create a shower of particles - The Most Unknown 00:06
They create a shower of particles
So if you go here, you have the so-called cosmic silence. - The Most Unknown 00:05
So if you go here, you have the so-called cosmic silence.
Okay, so this dark matter that we think exists, - The Most Unknown 00:06
Okay, so this dark matter that we think exists,
The crystal that you're going to put inside here - The Most Unknown 00:05
The crystal that you're going to put inside here
It's going to be the best possible detector - The Most Unknown 00:05
It's going to be the best possible detector
How do you see what the crystal is seeing? - The Most Unknown 00:04
How do you see what the crystal is seeing?
It emits light, and then you have - The Most Unknown 00:05
It emits light, and then you have
[chuckles] - The Most Unknown 00:05
[chuckles]
[Jennifer] I keep having to, like, loosen my helmet, - The Most Unknown 00:06
[Jennifer] I keep having to, like, loosen my helmet,
I have to say that I was starting from - The Most Unknown 00:04
I have to say that I was starting from
So, this is what I understand about how it works. - The Most Unknown 00:04
So, this is what I understand about how it works.
We are rotating within a sea of dark matter particles. - The Most Unknown 00:04
We are rotating within a sea of dark matter particles.
So we build a, - The Most Unknown 00:05
So we build a,
Special, very carefully grown crystal. - The Most Unknown 00:04
Special, very carefully grown crystal.
When the crystal gets hit - The Most Unknown 00:05
When the crystal gets hit
That light is going to be detected by these devices - The Most Unknown 00:09
That light is going to be detected by these devices
And those devices then translate the light - The Most Unknown 00:10
And those devices then translate the light
I'm here." - The Most Unknown 00:04
I'm here."
I know this is not what we do but, - The Most Unknown 00:06
I know this is not what we do but,