Following the possible recent detection of a dark matter particle, researchers have already come up with a veritable cornucopia of possible models for what sort of particle it might have been ...

After nearly a century of experts theorizing and searching for the universe’s most elusive component, a Japanese astronomer believes he has finally captured the first direct glimpse of dark matter, a ...

The hunt for dark matter, the invisible substance shaping 27% of the universe's mass, has reached a decisive moment, according to a leading astroparticle physicist. Leading the LUX-ZEPLIN (LZ) ...

Researchers traced a major source of unexplained low-energy noise in ultrasensitive silicon detectors to the bulk silicon ...

One theory points to a long-awaited supersymmetric particle called a ‘higgsino.’ But that idea has some issues.

Amplifiers auto-tuned by an AI agent could speed up quantum computing development. -- This Genesis Mission–funded project at PNNL is also aimed at speeding up dark matter discovery. -- The AI agent ...

P.M. and one mile beneath the Black Hills of South Dakota, there was a sudden flash of light. The tank is the centerpiece of the LUX-ZEPLIN (LZ) experiment, ...

Dark Matter: The Universe’s Invisible Dominator Anyone passionate about astrophysics or cosmology knows that, for several ...

A lone signal from an experiment in South Dakota doesn’t fit the profile of any other known particles, physicists say. By Katrina Miller Hundreds of physicists have spent years scrutinizing the data ...

Dark matter is legendary. It’s given credit for possibly explaining how the universe works, but we’ve never been able to actually identify it, until now – maybe. On Tuesday, excitement was high in the ...

Is dark matter real? While most experts agree that dark matter exists, there's still a lot we don't know. Dark matter is real, according to most experts. However, some scientists still debate if it is ...

Nearly a mile beneath South Dakota, an experiment built to catch some of the universe’s most elusive particles has recorded one interaction that scientists cannot easily explain. That single event is ...