A team of researchers has now proposed a new candidate for dark matter: HYPER, or “HighlY Interactive ParticlE Relics.” Phase transition in early universe changes…
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Dark matter is a hypothetical form of matter that is believed to make up a large portion of the universe. It is called “dark” because…
Illustration of antihelium annihilation in the ALICE detector at CERN as well as in the universe. Credit: ORIGINS Cluster/S. Kwauka New findings lay the foundation…
Dark matter is a fundamental component of the standard cosmological model, but its mysteries remain unsolved. One of the biggest puzzles is the lack of…
A groundbreaking new study published in Nature Astronomy suggests that studying an atomic clock on a spacecraft orbiting close to the Sun, inside the orbit…
In a new breakthrough, scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Fermilab have found a way to detect dark matter using quantum computers. Dark matter…
Artist’s impression of two white dwarf stars merging and creating a Type Ia supernova. Credit: ESO/L. Calçada An analysis of more than two decades’ worth…
The invisible halo that surrounds and permeates a galaxy or galaxy cluster is known as a dark matter halo. A University of California, Riverside physicist…
The gravitational lenses might also let us “see” the invisible dark matter that makes up most of the Universe. The dozens of newly identified gravitational…
A small satellite galaxy (green globe on the bottom left) of the Milky Way – called Sagittarius – has been observed from Earth through giant…
What is dark matter? Does it even exist, or do we just need an adjustment to our theory of gravity? What is dark matter? It…
Members of the LZ team in the LZ water tank after the outer detector installation. Credit: Matthew Kapust, Sanford Underground Research Facility Berkeley Lab Researchers…
Dark matter was proposed to explain why stars at a galaxy’s far edge were able to move much faster than predicted with Newton. An alternative…
Australia’s first major contribution to dark matter detection, the ORGAN Experiment, is now online and searching for dark matter, bringing us a step closer to…
Radio image of the neutral hydrogen gas in the galaxy AGC 114905. Its inclination is estimated from the black ellipse, which fits the data better.…
Microlensing of gravitational waves. Credit: Roshni Samuel / Parameswaran Ajith / ICTS One of the biggest puzzles in modern cosmology is the existence of dark…
Quantum computers are especially adept at simultaneously considering large numbers of possible combinations, but the instability of qubits in modern devices contributes to errors in…
View of the gamma-ray sky. Credit: NASA/DOE/Fermi LAT Collaboration Researchers from The Australian National UniversityFounded in 1946, the Australian National University (ANU) is a national…
An experiment has been designed that could confirm the fifth state of matter in the universe — and change physics as we know it. If…
Specially sourced argon may soon help reveal secrets about the universe’s dark matter. University of Houston Researchers to Create Facility for Mining Exceptionally Pure Argon…