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10/05/17

A radio for dark matter

Instead of searching for dark matter particles, a new device will search for dark matter waves.

Two scientists in hard hats stand next to a cart holding detector components.
09/15/17

SENSEI searches for light dark matter

Technology proposed 30 years ago to search for dark matter is finally seeing the light.

Illustration of a cut-away view of the inside of the LZ detector
08/15/17

Dark matter hunt with LUX-ZEPLIN

A video from SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory explains how the upcoming LZ experiment will search for the missing 85 percent of the matter in the universe.

Gravity vs. Dark Matter Reflection alternatives with dark matter on the left and no dark matter on the right.
07/18/17

Shaking the dark matter paradigm

A theory about gravity challenges our understanding of the universe.

Image of stars and reddish, glowing clouds of dust at the center of the Milky Way Galaxy
06/20/17

A speed trap for dark matter, revisited

A NASA rocket experiment could use the Doppler effect to look for signs of dark matter in mysterious X-ray emissions from space.

HPS Silicon Vertex Tracker being assembled
05/26/17

First results from search for a dark light

The Heavy Photon Search at Jefferson Lab is looking for a hypothetical particle from a hidden “dark sector.”

Artist's rendering of a spinning pulsar emitting gamma rays
05/02/17

Mystery glow of Milky Way likely not dark matter

According to the Fermi LAT collaboration, the galaxy’s excessive gamma-ray glow likely comes from pulsars, the remains of collapsed ancient stars.

Scientists in a cleanroom assemble the prototype for the LZ detector’s core.
02/13/17

LZ dark matter detector on fast track

Construction has officially launched for the LZ next-generation dark matter experiment.