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Massive New Dark Matter Detector Gets Its ‘Eyes’

Photo - Researchers at Brown University assemble an array of photomultiplier tubes for the LUX-ZEPLIN dark matter search experiment. The first of two sets of the photomultiplier arrays arrived Friday at the Sanford Underground Research Facility in South Dakota. (Credit: Nick Dentamaro/Brown University)

Acrylic Tanks Provide Clear Window Into Dark Matter Detection

A Quantum Leap Toward Expanding the Search for Dark Matter

Image - A visualization of a massive galaxy cluster that shows dark matter density (purple filaments) overlaid with the gas velocity field. (Credit: Illustris Collaboration)

A Supercool Component for a Next-Generation Dark Matter Experiment

Photo - A worker inspects the titanium cryostat for the LUX-ZEPLIN experiment in a clean room. (Credit: STFC)

Tiny Distortions in Universe’s Oldest Light Reveal Clearer Picture of Strands in Cosmic Web

Illustration - In this illustration, the trajectory of cosmic microwave background light is bent by structures known as filaments that are invisible to our eyes, creating an effect known as weak lensing captured by the Planck satellite (left), a space observatory. Researchers used computers to study the weak lensing signals and produce a map of these filaments, which typically span hundreds of light years in length. (Credit: Siyu He, Shadab Alam, Wei Chen, and Planck/ESA)

Beyond the WIMP: Unique Crystals Could Expand the Search for Dark Matter

Image - A computerized simulation of the large-scale distribution of dark matter in the universe. An overlay graph (in white) shows how a crystal sample intensely scintillates, or glows, when exposed to X-rays during a lab test. This and other properties could make it a good material for a dark matter detector. (Credit: Millennium Simulation, Berkeley Lab)

New Study: Scientists Narrow Down the Search for Dark Photons Using Decade-Old Particle Collider Data

Photo - Data gathered from particle collider experiments using the BaBar detector at SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, pictured here, were analyzed to search for traces of theorized dark matter particles known as dark photons. (Credit: SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory)

Dark Matter Day Is Approaching … but Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark

Photo - Dark matter visualization. (Credit: Illustris Collaboration/Illustris Simulation)

Next-Gen Dark Matter Detector in a Race to Finish Line

Photo - The PATRIC test bed at Brown University is used to test light-amplifying photomultiplier tubes (PMTs) for the LZ project. (Credit: Brown University)

Planetarium Show Brings ‘Phantom’ Matter to Life

Image - A pioneering dark matter discovery by astronomer Vera Rubin, who is shown in this rendering peering through a telescope, is described in a new planetarium show. (Credit: "Phantom of the Universe")

World’s Most Sensitive Dark Matter Detector Completes Search

$40M to Establish New Observatory Probing Early Universe

Photo - The Simons Array will be located in Chile's High Atacama Desert, at an elevation of about 17,000 feet. The site currently hosts the Atacama Cosmology Telescope (bowl-shaped structure at upper right) and the Simons Array (the three telescopes at the bottom left, middle and right). The Simons Observatory will incorporate several new telescopes and set the stage for a next-generation experiment. (University of Pennsylvania)