New research puts forward compelling new evidence that dark matter interacts with cosmic "ghost particles" called neutrinos.

The search for dark matter has been largely unsuccessful so far. But now, scientists think they know where to look for it.

Dark matter is an elusive type of matter that does not emit, absorb or reflect light, interacting very weakly with ordinary ...

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Elusive dark matter particles may lurk deep within the heart of the sun, and researchers have discovered that we can use a detector buried in the Antarctic ice sheet to find them. Dark matter is the ...

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

Searches for dark matter particles have come up empty so far, driving theorists to get more creative with their ideas.

Scientists are using atomic clocks to investigate some of the universe's greatest mysteries, including the nature of dark matter, in a laboratory. In the process, they say they're bringing cosmology ...

For more than half a century, scientists have tried to understand dark matter—a mysterious form of matter that doesn’t emit or absorb light but is thought to make up most of the universe’s mass. Its ...

The most sensitive search yet for the elusive particles that may make up dark matter has turned up nothing, putting stronger limits than ever on the ingredients of nature's invisible stuff. Dark ...

Physicists announced Wednesday that a particle detector on the International Space Station has possibly detected signals of dark matter. Though exciting, the new results are still uncertain, and ...

One of the biggest mysteries of the universe is why its expansion seems to be speeding up. Physicists have attributed it to a strange force called dark energy, but exactly how it works is largely ...