These Violent Collisions Could Be Producing Dark Matter
A collision of two extraordinarily dense, collapsed stars in the distant universe is providing potential clues to the axion, a dark matter candidate first proposed half a century ago. Kara…
Physicists Hunt Dark Photons as Large Hadron Collider Gets More Powerful
Scientists working on CERN’s Compact Muon Solenoid (CMS) experiment have published the latest data in their search for a long-lived exotic particle known as the dark photon. Let’s Eat a…
Physicists Designed an Experiment to Turn Light Into Matter
Plasma could be wrangled to collide photons and yield matter, according to physicists who ran simulations to explore the practical applications of a world-famous equation. Gizmodo’s Top Five Gadgets of…
Scientists Propose Webb Telescope Has Detected Stars Powered by Dark Matter
Astronomers looking at ancient light seen by the Webb Space Telescope have found three pinpricks that they think could be “dark stars,” theoretical objects powered by dark matter. First Full-Color…
Laser Experiment Could Expose Particles Responsible for Dark Matter
The ALPS experiment and Dark MatterALPS II is separated into two parts by a wall that light cannot pass through, but an axion could. If light shows up on the…