Researchers suggest that dark matter might subtly color light red or blue as it passes through, revealing traces of its ...

New footage from the British fusion firm Tokamak Energy shows unbelievably hot plasma imprisoned in a magnetic field.

The next generation of dark matter detectors has arrived. A massive new effort to detect the elusive substance has reported its first results. Following a time-honored tradition of dark matter hunters ...

A gamma ray glow at our galaxy’s center has puzzled scientists for almost two decades. New computer simulations back the theory that dark matter could be the source.

Located deep under the Gran Sasso mountain in Italy, 25 crystals are sealed inside a copper box and surrounded by concrete made from the mountain’s rocks. The intricate installation is a particle ...

AUSTIN (KXAN) — The most sensitive dark matter detector in the world is showing results in the hunt for the hypothetical particle. The results: they can’t find it. “If you think of the search for dark ...

In 1867, Lord Kelvin imagined atoms as knots in the aether. The idea was soon disproven. Atoms turned out to be something ...

Since November, a physics experiment called the Cryogenic Dark Matter Search (CDMS II) has been looking for components of dark matter--the primary "stuff" of which the universe is made. Conducted from ...

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