Australian researchers have played a central role in a landmark result from the LUX-ZEPLIN (LZ) experiment in South ...

Astrophysicists are starting to treat a strange class of “undead” suns as potential tools rather than mere curiosities, ...

Several research projects are underway to try to detect particles that may make up the mysterious “dark matter” believed to dominate the universe’s mass. But the existing detectors have a problem: ...

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The first dark matter detector in the Southern Hemisphere has been officially opened. The Stawell Underground Physics Laboratory (SUPL) is built in a disused gold mine in Australia, and the aim is to ...

In the continuing search for dark matter in our universe, scientists believe they have found a unique and powerful detector: exoplanets. In a new paper, two astrophysicists suggest dark matter could ...

The world’s most sensitive dark matter detector is up and running, ready to tackle one of the most perplexing mysteries of the universe. With a sensitivity at least 50 times greater than its ...

A new theory suggests fusion reactors could help scientists search for axions, mysterious particles that may explain dark ...

A new idea for detecting dark matter really sparkles. Diamonds could be used to search for the mysterious substance, a team of scientists suggests. Detectors containing the crystals could spot ...

Perhaps one of the most famous experiments in physics has been giving us the wrong message all these years. For nearly two ...

In the continuing search for dark matter in our universe, scientists believe they have found a unique and powerful detector: exoplanets. Astrophysicists suggest dark matter could be detected by ...