What is the nature of dark matter? A new experiment led by Columbia University physics professors aims to find out.

But the Big Bang theory predicts that about 5% of the universe's contents should be atoms made of protons, neutrons and ...

A scientific experiment aimed at detecting dark matter in space launched from Antarctica on December 15, with significant ...

Searches for dark matter particles have come up empty so far, driving theorists to get more creative with their ideas.

Smooth filaments stretching for many light-years, seen by the powerful space telescope, could indicate what the right "recipe ...

Gravitational waves from black holes may soon reveal where dark matter is hiding. A new model shows how dark matter surrounding massive black holes leaves detectable fingerprints in the waves recorded ...

Dark matter constitutes 85% of cosmic matter; it is invisible to light and know nothing about it except that its gravity ...

Scientists search for "decaying" dark matter (DDM) because it offers unique signatures like specific X-ray or gamma-ray lines ...

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The General AntiParticle Spectrometer experiment is suspended from a football-field-sized balloon about 24 miles above the ...

A new detector to home in on the mystery of dark matter is getting closer to deployment. At the University of Southampton in the UK, physicists are testing an apparatus that involves levitating sheets ...

Now is a surreal time to be a dark matter researcher. Even as research funding is being cut by governments around the world, dark matter remains one of the biggest and most exciting open problems in ...