08/13/19
An Italian experiment has a 20-year signal of what could be dark matter—and scientists are embarking on their most promising efforts yet to confirm or refute its results.
07/18/19
Maria Elena Monzani prepares an international team to search for clues to one of the biggest scientific mysteries.
06/10/19
Dark matter could be much lower in mass and slighter in energy than previously thought.
04/18/19
Scientists think that, under some circumstances, dark matter could generate powerful enough gravitational waves for equipment like LIGO to detect.
04/09/19
Some theorists have taken to designing their own experiments to broaden the search for dark matter.
03/05/19
The story of the latest experiment approved for installation at the Large Hadron Collider starts with a theorist and a question about dark matter.
10/16/18
Fermilab scientists are harnessing quantum technology in the search for dark matter.
09/20/18
SuperCDMS physicists are testing a way to amp up dark matter vibrations to help them search for lighter particles.
05/07/18
The SuperCDMS SNOLAB project is expanding the hunt for dark matter to particles with properties not accessible to any other experiment.
04/09/18
Scientists on the Axion Dark Matter Experiment have demonstrated technology that could lead to the discovery of theoretical light dark matter particles called axions.
01/16/18
A hidden world of particles awaits.
11/07/17
SLAC engineer Knut Skarpaas designs some of physics’ most challenging machines, finding inspiration in unexpected places.
11/06/17
Around the world, scientists and non-scientists alike celebrated the first international Dark Matter Day.
10/31/17
For Dark Matter Day, scientist and Star Wars fan Dan McKinsey talks dark matter and the Force.
10/05/17
Instead of searching for dark matter particles, a new device will search for dark matter waves.
09/15/17
Technology proposed 30 years ago to search for dark matter is finally seeing the light.
