The light side of dark matter
New technology and new thinking are pushing the dark matter hunt to lower and lower masses.
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Mapping the cosmos: Dark Energy Survey creates detailed guide to spotting dark matter
Scientists on the Dark Energy Survey have released the first in a series of dark matter maps of the cosmos. These maps, created with one of the world’s most powerful digital cameras, are the largest contiguous maps created at this level of detail and will improve our understanding of dark matter’s role in the formation of galaxies.
New dark matter detector begins search for invisible particles
Scientists this week heard their first pops in an experiment that searches for signs of dark matter in the form of tiny bubbles.
Scientists discover that Milky Way was struck some 100 million years ago, still rings like a bell
Our galaxy, the Milky Way, is a large spiral galaxy surrounded by dozens of smaller satellite galaxies.
Crystal bells stay silent as physicists look for dark matter
Scientists of the Cryogenic Dark Matter Search experiment today announced that they have regained the lead in the worldwide race to find the particles that make up dark matter.
COUPP experiment tightens limits on dark matter
Scientists working on the COUPP experiment at the Department of Energy’s Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory today (February 14) announced a new development in the quest to observe dark matter.
First Data From Deep Underground Experiment Narrow Search for Dark Matter
With the first data from their underground observatory in Northern Minnesota, scientists of the Cryogenic Dark Matter Search have peered with greater sensitivity than ever before into the suspected realm of the WIMPs.
Quest Begins to Unmask Dark Matter — and Perhaps Supersymmetry
Using detectors chilled to near absolute zero, from a vantage point half a mile below ground, physicists of the Cryogenic Dark Matter Search today (November 12) announced the launch of a quest that could lead to solving two mysteries that may turn out to be one and the same: the identity of the dark matter that pervades the universe, and the existence of supersymmetric particles predicted by particle physics theory.