"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 ...

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 ...

A hypothetical particle that could make up the universe’s dark matter may be produced by and hang around neutron stars, some of the densest objects in the universe, according to a team of ...

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 ...

Citation: First results from the Axion Dark-Matter Birefringent Cavity experiment establish a new technique for axion search (2024, October 18) retrieved 10 November 2024 from https://phys.org ...

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 ...

Fine tuning an experimental setup improved a detector's sensitivity to neutrinos and perhaps eventually dark matter—two difficult-to-measure forms of matter which hold great importance for ...

The giant holes in galaxies’ centers shouldn’t be able to merge, yet merge they do. Scientists suggest that an unusual form of dark matter may be the solution. Physicists have ruled out a mundane ...

Sure, it contained some unexplained exotic features, such as dark matter and dark energy, but otherwise everything held together. Cosmologists were (relatively) happy. Over the past decade ...

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