Kinetic Misalignment: Case for Axion Origin of Dark Matter Gains Traction
New research findings from the IAS, University of Michigan, and UC Berkeley. In a new study of axion motion, researchers propose a scenario known as…
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Exotic Dark Matter Detector Deep in an Italian Mountainside Picks Up Unexplained New Signal
XENON1T data could be either evidence of new particle physics or unexpected contaminant. The XENON1T detector, tucked into an Italian mountainside to search for signs…
CalTech Physicists Propose Innovative New Experiment for Detecting Dark Matter
Thinking Small: New Ideas in the Search for Dark Matter Since the 1980s, researchers have been running experiments in search of particles that make up…
Physicists Find No Evidence of Dark Matter Influence on the Force Between Nuclei
The universe mainly consists of a novel substance and an energy form that are not yet understood. This ‘dark matter’ and ‘dark energy’ are not…
New Antimatter Experiment at Large Hadron Collider Will Help With the Search for Dark Matter
The ALICE collaboration has presented new results on the production rates of antideuterons based on data collected at the highest collision energy delivered so far…
Dark Matter Search Project – Using a Time Projection Chamber Nearly a Mile Underground – Carefully Ramps Up Science Work
Sanford Underground Research Facility transitions toward fuller site operations. Crews working on the LUX-ZEPLIN (LZ) dark matter search experiment were at the peak of installation…
Dark Matter Could Be Hiding in Existing Data From Current Detectors
Current experiments’ detectors and data analysis efforts could be refocused to seek out newly suggested types of dark matter signals that may have been overlooked….
Using the Universe’s Coldest Material in a New Search for Dark Matter
Scientists have been able to observe the universe and determine that about 80% of the its mass appears to be “dark matter,” which exerts a…
Link Between Dark Matter Halos and Galaxy Formation Revealed With Help From the Milky Way’s Satellites
Just like we orbit the sun and the moon orbits us, the Milky Way has satellite galaxies with their own satellites. Drawing from data on…
Testing Dark Matter Theory With Satellite Galaxies of the Milky Way
UC Riverside physicists demonstrate ‘self-interacting dark matter’ model can be tested using astronomical observations of Draco and Fornax. A research team led by physicists at…
New Insights Into Dark Matter: Belle II Yields First Results in Search of the Z’ Boson
The Belle II experiment started about one year ago. Physical Review Letters has now published the initial results of the detector. The work deals with…
Dark Matter: Latest on the Search for an Invisible Substance That Permeates the Galaxy
Shining New Light on Dark Matter: Kathryn Zurek talks about the ongoing search for an invisible substance that permeates the galaxy. About 80 percent of…
Dark Matter Decay Ruled Out as Source of Mysterious Electromagnetic Signals Detected From Nearby Galaxies
Eighty-five percent of the universe is composed of dark matter, but we don’t know what, exactly, it is. A new study from the University of…
First High Sensitivity Dark Matter Axion Hunting Results From CAPP-8TB Haloscope
IBS Researchers Raising Their Flag in the Axion Dark Matter Field Researchers at the Center for Axion and Precision Physics Research (CAPP), within the Institute…
Colossal Dark Matter Halos Surround Massive Galaxies
About eighty-five percent of the matter in the universe is in the form of dark matter, whose nature remains a mystery, and the rest is…
Astronomers Map Dark Matter Filaments Holding Universe Together With Some Help From Slime Mold
Feasting Behavior of Brainless Organisms Shows Astronomers Where to Point the Hubble Telescope A simple single-cell organism that may be growing on your lawn is…
Sub-Atomic Particle Identified That Could Have Formed “Dark Matter”
Scientists shed light on mystery of dark matter. Scientists have identified a sub-atomic particle that could have formed the “dark matter” in the Universe during…
Visualizing Dark Matter With the Biggest Astronomy Collaboration Ever
How can you see something that’s invisible? Well, with Euclid! This future ESA telescope will map the structure of the Universe and teach us more…