Brightest Space Explosion Ever May Hide an Elusive Dark Matter Particle

In October 2022, scientists detected the explosive death of a star 2.4 billion light-years away that was brighter than any ever recorded.

We Finally Know Where to Look For The Universe's Most Sought-After Particle

Neutron stars with a penchant for extreme spinning could be churning out one of the most sought-after particles in the Universe.

New Link Found between Dark Matter and Universe's Clumpiness

New research suggests that the so-called clumpiness problem, which centers on the unexpectedly even distribution of matter on large scales throughout the Universe, may be a sign that dark matter is composed of hypothetical, ultra-light particles.

Dark Matter Experiment Finds Unexplained Signal

XENON1T data from 2017-2018 has revealed an unexpected excess of low-energy interactions with the xenon’s electrons, more than the Standard Model of particle physics would predict. 

New theory joins black holes, gravitational waves & axions to find new physics

Scientists have proposed a new theory that combines some of the most mysterious phenomena in the Universe - black holes, gravitational waves, and axions - to solve one of the most confounding problems in modern physics.

Supercomputer comes up with profile of dark matter

In the search for the mysterious dark matter, physicists have used elaborate computer calculations to come up with an outline of the particles of this unknown form of matter.