Researchers at the University of Tokyo and Chuo University have proposed a strategy to identify light dark matter using a ...

What is the nature of dark matter? A new experiment led by Columbia University physics professors aims to find out.

The search for dark matter is expanding. And going small. While dark matter abounds in the universe – it is by far the most common form of matter, making up about 85 percent of the universe’s total – ...

Axions are hypothetical light particles that could solve two different physics problems, as they could explain why some ...

Fusion power has long been sold as the technology that could light our cities with the same process that powers the stars.

Do you know which are the most abundant particles in the universe? It is neutrinos — small, chargeless, and nearly massless subatomic particles that either don’t interact with matter at all or ...

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 ...

The universe is generally believed to be expanding at an accelerating rate, thanks to a mysterious force dubbed dark energy. But how exactly does this force work? Researchers in the UK have conducted ...

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 ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Paul M. Sutter is an astrophysicist at The Ohio State University, host of Ask a Spaceman and ...

An underground vat of liquid xenon in Italy may have just detected a new particle, born in the heart of the sun. If that's indeed what happened, it could upend laws of physics that have held fast for ...