New ultra-fast particle detector could help unmask dark matter
What if Olympic officials could record sprinters’ times only to the nearest minute? “We would know who started…
6,800 feet below ground, in the search for dark matter, something has gone very, very cold
Six thousand eight hundred feet below the floor of an active nickel mine in northern Ontario, something has…
ATLAS surpasses LEP limits in search for compressed higgsinos
ATLAS sets new limits on the masses of supersymmetric higgsinos, surpassing results set by the Large Electron–Positron (LEP)…
CERN tests quantum microwire detectors for next-generation colliders
Researchers in the US have revealed that an emerging class of quantum sensors, called superconducting microwire single-photon detectors…
Dark matter and neutrinos are linked and interact with each other
A quiet shift in the numbers behind the universe’s growth is pushing scientists toward a bold possibility. Two…
A Galaxy Composed Almost Entirely of Dark Matter Has Been Confirmed
Astronomers have just identified what appears to be a cosmic anomaly: a faint galaxy with so few visible…
Evidence Found for Dark Galaxy in Perseus Cluster
The new dark galaxy candidate is dominated by dark matter and nearly devoid of light. Named Candidate Dark…
Rather Than Expanding Forever, The Universe May Be Doomed to “Crunch” in 20 Billion Years
Illustration by ZME Science. We’ve been told by science that the universe is expanding relentlessly, driven by a…
Our leading theory of dark matter may be wrong, massive gravity study hints
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The Milky Way Will Crash into the Andromeda Galaxy in 4.5 Billion Years and Scientists Think They Finally Know Why
A view of the potential merger between the Milky Way and Andromeda as it may appear in Earth’s…
Is the Black Hole at the Center of Our Galaxy Actually a Massive Knot of Dark Matter? Sounds Crazy, But the Numbers Line Up
Artistic representation of the Milky Way, where the innermost stars move at near relativistic speeds around a dense…
7 Weird Space Phenomena That Only Make Sense if Dark Matter Exists
Dark matter is the invisible stuff making up around 85% of the universe’s mass. Like its name, dark…