When it comes to understanding the universe, what we know is only a sliver of the whole picture.

For nearly a century, dark matter has existed as a powerful idea rather than a directly observed substance, inferred from the way galaxies spin and clusters bend light but never actually seen. Now a ...

Australian researchers have played a central role in a landmark result from the LUX-ZEPLIN (LZ) experiment in South Dakota—the world's most sensitive dark matter detector. Today, scientists working on ...