Imagine a star powered not by nuclear fusion, but by one of the universe’s greatest mysteries—dark matter. Scientists have ...

Dark matter is one of nature's most confounding mysteries. It keeps particle physicists up at night and cosmologists glued to ...

"Dark matter could be captured by stars and accumulate inside them. If that happens, it might also interact with itself and ...

Answers to those questions could come from a telescope with the world’s largest digital camera, a project with initial ...

For nearly a century, scientists around the world have been searching for dark matter—an invisible substance believed to make ...

Dark matter remains one of science's deepest mysteries. It makes up about 25% of our universe, yet scientists only observe ...

Roughly 85% of the universe is made of dark matter—but no one knows what it actually is. Some physicists now believe it could be part of a hidden "Dark Universe, " possibly with its own version of ...

"If we see the lampshade effect in action, it will tell us about what dark matter could be, which is exciting." ...

The latest experiment also represents the first time the LZ team applied a technique called “salting,” in which false WIMP signals were added in advance. This helped the researchers—who, of course, ...

Scientists have never directly detected dark matter, but some wonder if one high-energy detection in 2023 could be a rare indirect glimpse at it.

If dark matter is cold, then it can clump up and aggregate more easily than if it was zooming through the vacuum of space—which it would be if all dark matter was “hot” or made of lighter ...

Dark matter is proving to be a rather frustrating topic for physicists, cosmologists, and other outward-looking scientists. All the data for dark matter is gravitational, and the lack of other ...