What if I told you that while you can't see dark matter, maybe you can hear it? I know, I know, it sounds crazy…and it is ...

A recent astronomical observation has sparked intrigue in the scientific community. A faint glow detected in the Milky Way could potentially be a footprint of dark matter, a mysterious cosmic ...

A gamma ray glow at our galaxy’s center has puzzled scientists for almost two decades. New computer simulations back the ...

In a chilled lab where temperatures drop close to absolute zero, a speck of magnet hovers in place. This tiny magnet, levitating silently inside a special trap, may hold answers to one of the greatest ...

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

A new quantum-sensing approach using superconducting qubit networks, promising unprecedented precision in the hunt for dark ...

Physicists chilled a sugar crystals then used them to search for dark matter. This new project is called SWEET.

Despite it’s comparative size to our star, it’s still the least massive object ever detected using gravitational lensing.

Dark matter remains one of the most mysterious substances in the universe. We can’t see it, but we know it’s out there, ...

New strategies may soon allow scientists to test dark energy theories within our own solar system, linking cosmic-scale physics to local observation. Science advances through a cycle of proposing ...

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Christopher Tunnell is an associate professor of physics and astronomy at Rice. Dark matter, although not visible, is believed to make up most of the total mass of the universe. One theory suggests ...