Dark matter is the invisible stuff that accounts for roughly 85% of the mass in the universe, and for decades, physicists have been trying to figure out what it's made of. Now an experimental facility located nearly a mile below ground in South Dakota has recorded a single interaction between subato…
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Scientists Intrigued by a Surprising Result in the Search for Dark Matter
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Scientists Detect Strongest Sign Yet of Dark Matter in Major Breakthrough
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Nature, Published online: 01 September 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-01985-9 An experiment spots an energy flash similar to that of the long-sought weakly interacting massive particle, or WIMP.
Shadowy dark matter has eluded scientists for decades. The LZ experiment may have spotted one particle, called a WIMP, but more data is needed to check.
For the better part of a century, people have been trying to understand dark matter. This invisible substance makes up roughly 85% of the mass in the universe but has never been directly detected. Determining exactly what it is remains one of the biggest questions about our world.
Nature, Published online: 02 September 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02781-1 A single data point from a dark-matter detector could be the first discovery of the elusive particle. Plus, the grim progress of climate change and whether AI is homogenizing culture and cognition.
Dark matter is the invisible stuff that accounts for roughly 85% of the mass in the universe, and for decades, physicists have been trying to figure out what it's made of. Now an experimental facility located nearly a mile below ground in South Dakota has recorded a single interaction between subato…
Cross-disciplinary research at Perimeter Institute and University of Maryland shows that dark photons could be lurking in more places than previously thought.
ALBANY, N.Y. (NEWS10) -- What is dark matter? It's the invisible substance that makes up about 25% of the universe — it's like if you think about the wind. You can't actually see it, but you know it's there because you see its effects: the leaves on the trees moving.
Scientists have made a possible breakthrough in the hunt for dark matter — observing hints of it during an experiment about a mile underground in South Dakota.
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