TheAlpha Magnetic Spectrometeris a new attachment that ’ll soon be bolted onto theInternational Space Station . It ’s mission — to detectdark matterand possibly uncover the “ anti universe ” as made famous by 10 of bad sci - fi .
The main delegacy of the AMS , which has been in development for some 20 class , is to tag down the mystery “ dark matter ” that account for the vast legal age of stuff in the universe of discourse . MIT professor Samuel Ting , 73 , said of his undertaking “ If there is an anti - universe , perhaps out there beyond the sharpness of our universe , our outer space - based detector may well be capable to convey us signs of its existence ” .
The Artium Magister will be delivered to the ISS early next year , as part of the payload of space shuttlecock mission STS-134 — the shuttle ’s last trajectory . [ Reuters ]
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