Read article 'How dark matter became a particle'
Astronomers have long contemplated the possibility that there may be forms of matter in the universe that are imperceptible, either because they are too far away, too dim or intrinsically invisible. L...
Read article 'Doubting darkness'
An interview with Erik Verlinde, who argues that dark matter is an illusion caused by an incomplete understanding of gravity.
Read article 'Milestone for US dark-matter detector'
The US Department of Energy has formally approved a key construction milestone for the LUX-ZEPLIN experiment.
Read article 'BaBar casts further doubt on dark photons'
Dark photons, are hypothetical low-mass spin-1 particles that couple to dark matter but have vanishing couplings with normal matter. Such a boson, which may be associated with a U(1) gauge symmetry in...
Read article 'Funding injection for SNOLAB'
The SNOLAB laboratory in Ontario, Canada, has received a grant of $28.6m to help secure its next three years of operations. The facility is one of 17 research facilities to receive support through Can...
Read article 'WIMP no-show in gamma-ray background'
A possible additional contribution from WIMP annihilation could not be identified, using NASA’s Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope.
Read article 'Testing WIMPs to the limit'
Dark matter is one of the greatest mysteries of our cosmos. More than 80 years after its postulation in modern form by the Swiss–American astronomer Fritz Zwicky, the existence of a new unseen form ...
Read article 'Linking waves to particles'
Gravitational waves could also shed light on the microscopic world.
Read article 'What is AMS telling us?'
The latest cosmic-ray data from AMS have implications for particle-physics models of dark matter and other novel phenomena, says John Ellis.
Read article 'LUX-ZEPLIN passes approval milestone'
A next-generation dark-matter detector in the US called LUX-ZEPLIN (LZ), which will be at least 100 times more sensitive than its predecessor, is on schedule to begin its deep-underground hunt for WIM...
