Ambitious new dark matter-hunting experiment delivers 1st results
Apr 4, 2024 · The new BREAD experiment, which was designed to search the cosmos for mysterious dark matter, has returned its first results.
Dark Matter News - ScienceDaily
2 days ago · Dark Matter and Dark Energy. Read what astronomers are discovering about a gaping hole in the universe, how dark matter clumps contribute to galaxy formation and more. Space images.
A wobble from Mars could be sign of dark matter, MIT study finds
Sep 17, 2024 · In a new study, MIT physicists propose that if most of the dark matter in the universe is made up of microscopic primordial black holes — an idea first proposed in the 1970s — then these gravitational dwarfs should zoom through our solar system at …
Dark matter: How primordial black holes could explain a long ... - CNN
Jun 17, 2024 · Scientists studying the earliest black holes may have found an explanation for dark matter, putting Stephen Hawking’s theory on the subject back into the spotlight.
Hints of a 'neutrino fog' could complicate efforts to detect dark matter
2 days ago · These neutrinos, which make up only 0.02% of all solar neutrinos, easily escape the solar plasma and some stream to Earth, rudely interrupting the patient dark matter detectors. The few that ...
This new map of the Universe suggests dark matter shaped the
Feb 14, 2024 · In this map of a celestial hemisphere — compiled from data from the eROSITA telescope — the colours reflect the wavelengths of X-rays. Hot gas haloes surrounding galaxy clusters have broad ...
New record in search for dark matter | ScienceDaily
Aug 26, 2024 · New results from the world's most sensitive dark matter detector put the best-ever limits on particles called WIMPs, a leading candidate for what makes up our universe's invisible mass.
Experiment sets new record in search for dark matter - Phys.org
Aug 26, 2024 · New results from the world's most sensitive dark matter detector, LUX-ZEPLIN (LZ), have narrowed down possibilities for one of the leading dark matter candidates: weakly interacting massive...
Dark energy might not be constant after all - Ars Technica
Apr 4, 2024 · The current consensus is that ordinary matter accounts for a mere 4 percent of all matter in the universe, while dark matter accounts for another 23 percent. Dark energy accounts for the...
New dark matter map reveals cosmic mystery - BBC
An international team of researchers has created the largest and most detailed map of the distribution of so-called dark matter in the Universe.