But axions were pushed aside as the WIMPs hypothesis gained more steam. Back-of-the-envelope calculations showed that the ...

It can be found inside gas giants such as Jupiter and is briefly created during meteorite impacts or in laser fusion ...

Inspired by superconductivity, a strange new theory that seeks to explain dark matter might explain dark energy, too ...

Scientists are using trapped ions in cutting-edge experiments to hunt for signs of an undiscovered particle that might help ...

A NASA space telescope will detect a staggering wealth of intricate gravitational lenses that could help unlock the mysteries of dark matter.

The invisible dark matter is one of the universe's biggest mysteries, and its existence is confirmed only by the ...

NASA's James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has produced a new image of the Bullet Cluster, which is a titanic collision between ...

We have discovered legions of strange particles that seem to only have a ghostly existence inside materials. Even so, they ...

In a groundbreaking study published in Physical Review Letters, physicists from ETH Zurich, in collaboration with teams from ...

On June 11, the National Academies of Science, Engineering and Medicine announced the result of a three-year study to set a ...

New research claims it may provide evidence of a "fifth force of nature" that could eventually rewrite everything we know.