Researchers in the US have made significant progress in the hunt for dark matter ...

An international collaboration, including Northwestern University, has reached a critical milestone in the search for dark matter, the mysterious substance that makes up about 85% of all matter in the ...

An international team involving Northwestern University​ announced Tuesday that it has reached a major milestone in its quest ...

Although dark matter makes up most of the mass in our universe, it has never been directly observed. To hunt for lighter dark matter and other rare ...

T he first time I heard about galaxies without dark matter, I was sitting in my very first graduate class at the University of São Paulo. It was 2018, and the discovery had just ...

Physicists working on the LHCb experiment have spotted an elusive and fleeting particle, a heavier and more charming cousin to the proton, that has been sought for decades ...

Black acid rain formed after oil depot fires in Tehran may expose millions to acidic aerosols, soot, and toxic pollutants linked to respiratory and cardiovascular risks.

Scientists studying a mysterious effect called cosmic birefringence—a subtle twist in the polarization of the universe’s oldest light—have developed a new way to reduce uncertainty in how it’s ...

Science in the modern era is increasingly reliant on enormous datasets and automated analysis. In astronomy, the Vera C. Rubin Observatory's Legacy Survey of Space and Time (LSST)—a ten-year survey ...

Emma Howlett, one of theatre’s most exciting new voices, talks us through the dizzying ride that is Aether at the Jermyn ...

Astronomers working with NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope have produced the sharpest wide-area map of dark matter ever ...

A blazar is an active galactic nucleus, essentially a galaxy with a supermassive black hole at its heart, devouring ...