Dark matter, explained
In all likelihood, we are standing in a sea of dark matter and don’t know it, because it virtually never interacts with our atoms. Learn how scientists at UChicago are searching to understand this mysterious substance.
Deep beneath the French Alps, scientists hunt for dark matter
UChicago scientists probe the nature of mysterious ‘hidden-sector’ dark matter in DAMIC-M experiment
First results from BREAD experiment demonstrate a new approach to searching for dark matter
UChicago, Fermilab research uses coaxial “dish” antenna to scan for mysterious particles
Researchers propose sending atomic clocks to space to uncover the nature of dark matter
A trip to the sun could reveal “ultralight” dark matter if it exists, study says
UChicago scientists to help lay out vision for future of particle physics
Turner, Kim, Carena among group to consider most pressing questions in coming decades and tools to tackle them
Scientists propose ‘BREAD’ experiment to find particles of mysterious dark matter
UChicago, Fermilab researchers design experiment to look for axions over a wide range of frequencies and masses
Could dark matter be behind mysterious, supermassive black holes in the early universe?
UChicago, UC Riverside scientists offer theory to explain the origin of monsters of the cosmos
UChicago, Fermilab physicists build a quantum bit that can search for dark matter
Qubits offer a fast, highly reliable way to solve one of the great mysteries in physics
Dark Energy Survey finds new evidence for emerging way to measure dark matter
In a surprise finding, physicists from the Dark Energy Survey announced new evidence on the link between light and dark matter