dark matter

Impossibly powerful ‘ghost particle’ that slammed into Earth may have come from an exploding black hole — and could change both particle physics and cosmology

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Impossibly powerful ‘ghost particle’ that slammed into Earth may have come from an exploding black hole — and could change both particle physics and cosmology

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndicate partners may earn a commission. A new paper suggests that an incredibly energetic neutrino that slammed into Earth in 2023 could have been unleashed by an exploding black hole. | Credit: Illustration by Tobias Roetsch for All About Space Magazine/Future Publishing via Getty … Read more

The universe may be warped, new research says

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The universe may be warped, new research says

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndicate partners may earn a commission. An illustration shows the universe expanding during the cosmic dawn, with the flip side, the dark universe dominated by dark photons and dark matter also evolving. | Credit: Robert Lea created by Canva This article was originally published … Read more

Scientists may have finally seen dark matter

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Scientists may have finally seen dark matter

The universe has no shortage of mysteries, many of which have puzzled us for centuries. One of the biggest is the existence of something called dark matter. First theorized in 1933 by Fritz Zwicky, dark matter is a theoretical type of matter that cannot be seen because it does not interact with light or any … Read more