Read article 'Search for WISPs gains momentum'
Search for WISPs gains momentum
Interest is growing in new experiments that probe dark-matter candidates such as axions and other very weakly interacting sub-eV particles.
Read article 'Search for WISPs gains momentum'
Read article 'Largest WIMP survey sets new limits'
Largest WIMP survey sets new limits
XENON1T is a 3D-imaging liquid-xenon time projection chamber located at Gran Sasso National Laboratory in Italy.
Read article 'Study links solar activity to exotic dark matter'
Study links solar activity to exotic dark matter
The temporal distribution of solar flares is correlated with the positions of the Earth, Mercury and Venus.
Read article 'CMS expands scope of dark-matter search in dijet channel'
CMS expands scope of dark-matter search in dijet channel
Using three complementary techniques, CMS has now explored a large range in mass, coupling and width.
Read article 'XENON1T releases first data'
XENON1T releases first data
XENON1T is the first tonne-scale detector of its kind and is designed to search for WIMP dark matter by measuring nuclear recoils from WIMP–nucleus scattering.
Read article 'CAST experiment constrains solar axions'
CAST experiment constrains solar axions
The CERN Axion Solar Telescope has reported important new exclusion limits on coupling of axions to photons.
Read article 'Survey reveals edge of dark-matter halos'
Survey reveals edge of dark-matter halos
Results show that the density of dark matter in a halo does not gradually fall off with distance, as might be expected, but instead exhibits a sharp edge.
Read article 'Dark-matter surprise in early universe'
Dark-matter surprise in early universe
A surprising result at the Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics in Germany suggests that dark matter was less influential in the early universe than it is today.
Read article 'Euclid to pinpoint nature of dark energy'
Euclid to pinpoint nature of dark energy
Due for launch in 2020, ESA’s Euclid probe will track galaxies and large areas of sky to find the cause of the cosmic acceleration.
Read article 'How dark matter became a particle'
How dark matter became a particle
Astronomers have long contemplated the possibility that there may be forms of matter in the universe that are imperceptible, either because they are too far away, too dim or intrinsically invisible. L...
