Astronomers propose dark dwarfs—objects powered by dark matter annihilation—may exist near the galactic center, offering key clues about WIMPs.

Quantum sensors have become important tools in low-energy particle physics. Michael Doser explores opportunities to exploit ...

According to a provocative new study, that might just be our cosmic address. This idea is meant to solve one of the biggest ...

Dark matter is one of Nature’s most confounding mysteries. It keeps particle physicists up at night and cosmologists glued to their supercomputer simulations. We know it’s real because its mass ...

Astronomers want to unlock the secrets of the "Cosmic Dawn" by sending a miniature spacecraft to listen out for an "ancient ...

“These objects collect the dark matter that helps them become a dark dwarf. The more dark matter you have around, the more ...

The question of where atoms come from requires a lot of physics to be answered completely – and even then, physicists only have good guesses to explain how some atoms are formed.

The latest experiment also represents the first time the LZ team applied a technique called “salting,” in which false WIMP ...

Knowable Magazine reports on attosecond science, revealing how scientists study atomic interactions at unbelievable speeds to ...

Don’t call them Duergar—they’re dark dwarfs. A new study published in the Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics (JCAP) proposes that the core of our galaxy is full of an all-new category of ...

Dark matter remains one of science's deepest mysteries. It makes up about 25% of our universe, yet scientists only observe ...

"Dark matter could be captured by stars and accumulate inside them. If that happens, it might also interact with itself and ...