Dark Matter
A New Theory Unifies Dark Matter and Dark Energy as a ‘Dark Fluid’ With Negative Mass
Can one of Einstein’s forgotten theories solve the riddle of why 95 percent of the stuff in the universe appears to be missing?
Black Holes Can’t Account for Missing Dark Matter in the Universe
A statistical analysis of 740 supernovas found that black holes can only account for 40 percent of dark matter in the universe, putting another nail in the coffin for the MACHOs theory of dark matter.
The New Hunt for Dark Matter Is Taking Place Under a Mountain
Davide D’Angelo wasn’t always interested in dark matter, but now he’s at the forefront of the hunt to find the most elusive particle in the universe.
This May Be the Experiment That Finally Discovers the Dark Matter Particle
“If dark matter axions exist within the frequency band we will be probing for the next few years, then it’s only a matter of time before we find them.”
Astronomers Can’t Explain Why This New Galaxy Has Hardly Any Dark Matter
Dark matter was thought to be the glue that holds galaxies together, so how did this galaxy end up with hardly any of it?
We went around the world searching for dark matter
An abandoned gold mine in South Dakota and the dry desert of Chile are two key sites where the scientific work is happening.
The Physicist Building the World’s Most Precise Clock
Advanced timekeeping could help unify quantum and gravitational physics, predict earthquakes, and navigate in deep space.
We Dive Way Too Deep into Assassin’s Creed Mythology on Waypoint Radio
Writer Cameron Kunzelman joins us to argue First Civilizations and...spelljammers?
Theoretical Physicist Erik Verlinde Says We Don’t Need Dark Matter to Explain the Universe
Watch Verlinde deliver a talk on his "new view" on gravity tonight.
Robert Christgau on Randy Newman's Album of the Year Contender
The Dean of American Rock Critics reviews Newman's latest, 'Dark Matter,' and his occasionally fun, awfully poetic 2016 collection, 'The Randy Newman Songbook Vol. 3.'
Behold, the Largest Simulated Universe Ever Made
25 billion galaxies populated with 2 trillion particles will help calibrate a satellite on the hunt for dark matter.