One way to solve the dark matter problem is to chalk it up to black holes formed moments after the big bang, but they can’t account for all the dark matter
If dark matter isn't heavy and interacts even weakly with normal matter, we should drag our detectors out from underground to catch it
A proposed theory of gravity does away with dark matter, even as new astrophysical findings challenge the need for galaxies full of the invisible particles. The post
The Man Who's Trying to Kill Dark Matter appeared first on
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Elena Aprile now leads the world's most sensitive dark-matter search. But before she could build her first detector, she had to make herself out of titanium. The post
Deep Within a Mountain, Physicists Race to Unearth Dark Matter appeared first on
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The Standard Model, the framework that has defined—and confined—physics for so long, still reins. But sometimes cracks appear in its walls. The post
A Year in Dark Energy, Antimatter, and Gravitational Waves appeared first on
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The physicist Tracy Slatyer is searching for faint wisps of dark matter annihilating in the early universe—and perhaps in hiding places closer to home. The post
Meet the Physicist Searching for Dark Matter’s Hidden Light appeared first on
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In the new, free-for-all era of dark matter research, the controversial idea that dark matter is concentrated in thin disks is being rescued from scientific oblivion. The post
A Disk of Dark Matter Might Run Through Our Galaxy appeared first on
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Experiments that can fit on a tabletop are probing the nature of dark matter and dark energy and searching for evidence of extra dimensions. The post
Tiny Tests Probe for Dark Matter and Other Exotic Physics appeared first on
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The laws of physics work both forward and backward in time. So why does time seem to move in only one direction? One potential answer may also reveal the secrets of the universe’s missing mass.
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The physicist James Bullock explains how a complicated “dark sector” of interacting particles may illuminate some puzzling observations of the centers of galaxies.
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