New electronically tunable quantum detector speeds up search for dark matter
For nearly a century, scientists have been searching for evidence of dark matter, an invisible substance they believe…
Gravitational waves may be responsible for dark matter in the universe
Dark matter is thought to exist everywhere, wrapping around galaxies and helping to shape the largest things in…
Scientists make ytterbium atomic clock that could detect dark matter
Physicists have developed a highly precise and ultra-sensitive atomic clock based on ytterbium, which could test the limits…
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…
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…
NASA’s Hubble telescope detects possible ‘dark galaxy’
Astronomers have spotted a galaxy so faint, it’s almost invisible — a discovery that could help illuminate one…
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…
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…
The Object at the Core of the Milky Way Might Not Be a Black Hole at All, Scientists Say
The traditional understanding is that the center of our galaxy is dominated by a supermassive black hole. The…
Our leading theory of dark matter may be wrong, massive gravity study hints
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This Man Says He Can Find the Hidden Universe—Now. Why Does Everyone Else Want to Wait 44 Years?
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