Dark matter makes up 85% of the stuff in the cosmos, but scientists have no idea what it is. On Dark Matter Day (Oct. 31), ...

As if searching for dark matter isn't difficult enough already, physicists may have detected another hurdle known as a ...

These axions could form an explanation for the elusive dark matter that cosmologists search for -- and moreover, they might not be ... Oct. 31, 2024 — For Halloween, the European Southern ...

Scientists in Virginia are looking for mysterious dark matter - and have turned to really old rocks. The substance, which makes up more than 80 percent of all matter in the universe, shapes and ...

"If axion clouds, and thereby axions, are discovered, this would be a massive step toward solving the dark matter problem." Scientists think it's possible that shrouds of hypothetical particles ...

The presence of these particles, especially from the decay of WIMPs (Weakly Interacting Massive Particles), could point toward dark matter interactions. If this breakthrough holds, it may reshape ...

The Gemini North telescope atop Mauna Kea in Hawaii has delivered a stunning new image of the Perseus galaxy cluster, a ...

We can't see dark matter, but scientists have made the largest map yet of the invisible material that helps make up the universe. Researchers used a dark energy camera and a large telescope to ...

If true, this could bring us one step closer to solving the mystery of dark matter. That's the conclusion reached by a team of researchers led by Dion Noordhuis of the University of Amsterdam, who ...

Fine tuning an experimental setup improved a detector's sensitivity to neutrinos and perhaps eventually dark matter—two difficult-to-measure forms of matter which hold great importance for ...

If true, this could bring us one step closer to solving the mystery of dark matter. That's the conclusion reached by a team of researchers led by Dion Noordhuis of the University of Amsterdam ...