Twenty Things People Say Dark Matter Is Made Of
Dark matter makes the universe expand more slowly than anyone would expect. No one knows what it's made of. But...they have some ideas. The post Twenty Things People Say Dark Matter Is Made Of appeared...
View ArticleDark Matter May Be More Complex Than Physicists Thought
The physicist James Bullock explains how a complicated “dark sector” of interacting particles may illuminate some puzzling observations of the centers of galaxies. The post Dark Matter May Be More...
View ArticleFollowing Time’s Arrow to the Universe’s Biggest Mystery
The laws of physics work both forward and backward in time. So why does time seem to move in only one direction? One potential answer may also reveal the secrets of the universe’s missing mass. The...
View ArticleTiny Tests Probe for Dark Matter and Other Exotic Physics
Experiments that can fit on a tabletop are probing the nature of dark matter and dark energy and searching for evidence of extra dimensions. The post Tiny Tests Probe for Dark Matter and Other Exotic...
View ArticleA Disk of Dark Matter Might Run Through Our Galaxy
In the new, free-for-all era of dark matter research, the controversial idea that dark matter is concentrated in thin disks is being rescued from scientific oblivion. The post A Disk of Dark Matter...
View ArticleMeet the Physicist Searching for Dark Matter’s Hidden Light
The physicist Tracy Slatyer is searching for faint wisps of dark matter annihilating in the early universe—and perhaps in hiding places closer to home. The post Meet the Physicist Searching for Dark...
View ArticleA Year in Dark Energy, Antimatter, and Gravitational Waves
The Standard Model, the framework that has defined—and confined—physics for so long, still reins. But sometimes cracks appear in its walls. The post A Year in Dark Energy, Antimatter, and Gravitational...
View ArticleDeep Within a Mountain, Physicists Race to Unearth Dark Matter
Elena Aprile now leads the world's most sensitive dark-matter search. But before she could build her first detector, she had to make herself out of titanium. The post Deep Within a Mountain, Physicists...
View ArticleThe Man Who’s Trying to Kill Dark Matter
A proposed theory of gravity does away with dark matter, even as new astrophysical findings challenge the need for galaxies full of the invisible particles. The post The Man Who's Trying to Kill Dark...
View ArticleHow to Use Dark Matter Detectors to Catch a Uranium Thief
It turns out, the tools for hunting dark matter help nuclear watchdogs look inside nuclear reactors. The post How to Use Dark Matter Detectors to Catch a Uranium Thief appeared first on WIRED.
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