By combining different kinds of observations, cosmologists have shown that what we see is more easily explained if neutrinos, ...

The particle in question, known as a sterile neutrino, was supposed to only interact with gravity and have zero interactions ...

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

"WIMPs are still the leading candidate for dark matter, but billions of dollars of experiments have been done, only getting ...

Nearly everything in the universe is made of mysterious dark matter and dark energy, yet we can’t see either of them directly ...

What would it actually be like if every particle in your body converted into a dark matter particle? And how long could you ...

Inside the Large Hadron Collider, protons slam together at nearly the speed of light, creating a brief fireball of quarks and ...

In the race to uncover the deepest secrets of the universe, researchers are turning to powerful new tools. One of the most promising tools is the quantum computer. It offers a way to explore problems ...

Particle physics continues to probe the most fundamental constituents of matter while dark matter research seeks to illuminate the unseen mass that permeates our Universe. Recent efforts have ...

If dark matter is made from "dark" versions of the basic building blocks of ordinary matter, the world's largest particle accelerator should be able to pin it down, a new study suggests. When you ...