In a first-of-its-kind test, scientists used a levitated magnet to search for dark matter, the unidentified substance believed to be present throughout the cosmos. If dark matter is made up of ...

Naturally, there have been several proposed ideas: what if general relativity is wrong; what if dark matter doesn't exist; what if the rate of time isn't uniform; heck, what if the entire universe ...

We explored how it couples the 5-liter, 1,500 horsepower (1,119 kW), 1,106 lb-ft (1,500 Nm) of torque, "Hot V8" engine shoed into the rear of the Gemera hypercar and the 850-volt Dark Matter ...

A new method proposes detecting dark compact objects, potential dark matter candidates, by observing the dimming of starlight as these objects pass between Earth and distant stars.

But in a new study, published in Physical Review Letters, my colleagues and I show that both could be linked to one of the most elusive ingredients in the universe: dark matter. In particular, we ...

Astronomers have stumbled upon yet another ghostly galaxy that appears to be devoid of dark matter. First spotted in 2024, FCC 224 is a dwarf galaxy that boasts a dozen luminous, tightly bound ...

Dark matter is a hypothetical substance that outweighs regular matter – which makes stars, planets, and everything we can see and touch – by five to one. But we don’t know what it is.

Do 'completely dark' dark matter halos exist? Date: April 8, 2025 Source: University of California - San Diego Summary: Every galaxy is thought to form at the center of a dark matter halo. Stars ...

Evidence suggests that we are suspended in a cosmic sea of dark matter, a mysterious substance that shapes galaxies and large structures in the universe but is transparent to photons, the carriers ...

There are many different forms that dark matter could take, with different characteristics including its mass, how it responds to forces like electromagnetism, and how strongly it interacts with ...

Over a decade ago, dark-matter experts Daniel Akerib and Thomas Shutt joined the Department of Energy’s SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, continuing their mission to uncover the elusive substance.

Languages: English. You can get in touch with Jess by emailing j.thomson@newsweek.com. Dark matter, the mysterious substance that makes up roughly 80 percent of all the matter in the universe ...