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Rapid discovery, scientists are closer to identifying dark matter
New results from the world's most sensitive dark matter detector have narrowed down the range of particles known as WIMPs to the best ever.
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Searching for dark matter, scientists accidentally discovered something that could upset the underlying physics
Errors in the recent dark-matter search experiment may open up new avenues for particle physics, but it is entirely possible that these are just the anomalies seen in th…
Space science
The quest to find the most mysterious matter in the universe
From deep underground, in abandoned gold and nickel mines, containers of liquid xenon and germanium crystals are used to detect dark matter particles.
Computer science
Why does Microsoft name the operating system Windows?
Use it every day, but you don't even ask why your Windows brother ... is named Windows.
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First time traces of dark matter particles were found
Mysterious dark matter is always an unanswered question for scientists. This type of invisible material accounts for three-quarters of the universe.
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Discover the existence of dark material?
For the first time in history, physicists may have discovered an element of dark matter, a form of matter that accounts for 90% of the mass in the universe.