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A secret laboratory 800m below the Pyrenees

Underneath the Pyrenees, visit a secret lab studies the origins of the universe

In Canfranc, the town where Nazis once smuggled 86 tons of stolen gold, scientists conduct experiments on dark matter that could transform the field of physics.

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