Read article 'A bright future for dark-matter searches'
The US Department of Energy Office of High Energy Physics and the National Science Foundation Physics Division have announced their joint programme for second-generation dark-matter experiments, aimin...
Read article 'IAXO: the International Axion Observatory'
A large superconducting magnet could cast light on the dark universe.
Read article 'Higgs and top: a new window on dark matter'
With the discovery of a Higgs boson at the LHC two years ago, the last piece of the Standard Model puzzle fell into place. Yet, several mysteries remain, one of which is the enigma of the origin of da...
Read article 'CDMS puts new constraints on dark-matter particles'
While it is now generally accepted that dark matter makes up the majority of the mass in the universe, little is known about what it is.
Read article 'First results from LUX on dark matter'
The collaboration that built and runs the Large Underground Xenon (LUX) experiment, operating in the Sanford Underground Research Laboratory, has released its first results in the search for weakly in...
Read article 'Enlightening the dark'
The XENON collaboration's search for dark matter.
Read article 'CMS hunts for low-mass dark matter'
Astronomical observations – such as the rotation velocities of galaxies and gravitational lensing – show that more than 80% of the matter in the universe remains invisible.
Read article 'BOSS gives clearer view of baryon oscillations'
In November the Baryon Oscillation Spectroscopic Survey (BOSS) released its second major result of 2012, using 48,000 quasars with redshifts (z) up to 3.5 as backlights to map intergalactic hydrogen ...
Read article 'The 4% Universe. Dark Matter, Dark Energy, and the Race to Discover the Rest of Reality.'
John Swain reviews in 2012 The 4% Universe. Dark Matter, Dark Energy, and the Race to Discover the Rest of Reality.
Read article 'Baryon oscillation spectra for all'
By professional astronomy standards, the 2.5 m telescope at Apache Point Observatory is quite small. More than 50 research telescopes are larger and many are located at much better sites.
