These axions could form an explanation for the elusive dark matter that cosmologists search for -- and moreover, they might not be ... Oct. 31, 2024 — For Halloween, the European Southern ...

Scientists in Virginia are looking for mysterious dark matter - and have turned to really old rocks. The substance, which makes up more than 80 percent of all matter in the universe, shapes and ...

"If axion clouds, and thereby axions, are discovered, this would be a massive step toward solving the dark matter problem." Scientists think it's possible that shrouds of hypothetical particles ...

Axions are the most compelling hypothesis for explaining dark matter, but physicists haven’t been able to confirm their existence for nearly 50 years. A new study now proposes that axions should ...

Dark energy and dark matter refers to the unseen energy and matter components of the Universe. Dark matter is invisible, non-baryonic matter hypothesized to explain phenomena including ...

For years, astronomers and physicists have been on a mission to solve one of the universe's greatest mysteries: the nature of ...

The presence of these particles, especially from the decay of WIMPs (Weakly Interacting Massive Particles), could point toward dark matter interactions. If this breakthrough holds, it may reshape ...

An overabundance of antimatter in showers of charged particles that bombard Earth called cosmic rays could reveal the secrets of dark matter, the universe's most mysterious "stuff," a new study ...

This gave rise to the Axion Dark-Matter Birefringent Cavity (ADBC) experiment, which first started collecting data in 2022. "We wanted to demonstrate experimentally how to use these tools to pull ...

Two dark matter experiments have spotted signs of neutrinos knocking into atomic nuclei in their detectors. The finding portends a future obstacle for the detectors, Emily Conover reported in ...

As dark sky sanctuaries grow in popularity, scientists are revealing more of the benefits of darkness—from repairing DNA to improving your mental health. A panorama of dark skies over the desert ...

We can't see dark matter, but scientists have made the largest map yet of the invisible material that helps make up the universe. Researchers used a dark energy camera and a large telescope to ...