What if I told you that while you can't see dark matter, maybe you can hear it? I know, I know, it sounds crazy…and it is ...

WIMPs (weakly interacting massive particles) are one of the most serious contenders for dark matter—the “missing” mass supposedly constituting 85% of our universe. Given its elusiveness, dark matter ...

Seeing is not believing when it comes to dark matter. Scientists have blown stargazers’ collective minds after discovering a massive dark object in space that’s completely invisible to the naked eye, ...

Dark matter has two central properties: it has mass like regular matter, and unlike regular matter, it reacts weakly or not at all with light. Neutrinos satisfy these two criteria, but neutrinos move ...

"If we see the lampshade effect in action, it will tell us about what dark matter could be, which is exciting." Dark matter clumps could act as stellar lampshades, drifting between Earth and distant ...

"I think it's natural to take a break and wonder whether we are fundamentally thinking about this in the wrong way." Dark matter could be made from tiny black holes formed when so-called "dark baryons ...

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