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.
08/22/17
At a recent meeting, scientists shared ideas for searching for dark matter on the (relative) cheap.
08/15/17
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.
08/08/17
Prototype tests of the future SuperCDMS SNOLAB experiment are in full swing.
07/18/17
A theory about gravity challenges our understanding of the universe.
06/20/17
A NASA rocket experiment could use the Doppler effect to look for signs of dark matter in mysterious X-ray emissions from space.
05/26/17
The Heavy Photon Search at Jefferson Lab is looking for a hypothetical particle from a hidden “dark sector.”
05/02/17
According to the Fermi LAT collaboration, the galaxy’s excessive gamma-ray glow likely comes from pulsars, the remains of collapsed ancient stars.
04/04/17
We know which way the dark matter wind should blow. Now we just have to find it.
03/17/17
Astrophysicists Eric Charles and Mattia Di Mauro discuss the surprising glow of our neighbor galaxy.
02/13/17
Construction has officially launched for the LZ next-generation dark matter experiment.
11/08/16
Theorists think dark matter was forged in the hot aftermath of the Big Bang.