Searches for dark matter particles have come up empty so far, driving theorists to get more creative with their ideas.

After a decade of painstaking measurements, scientists have delivered a major plot twist in particle physics: a ...

"Dark photon" theory says light's interference patterns may emerge from quantum particles, not waves, upending centuries of ...

The masses of fundamental particles such as the Z and W bosons could have arisen from the twisted geometry of hidden ...

Neutrinos may be nearly invisible, but they play a starring role in the Universe. Long-standing anomalies had hinted at a ...

"Dark photon" theory says light's interference patterns may emerge from quantum particles, not waves, upending centuries of ...

Rapid advances in the kind of problems that quantum computers can tackle suggest that they are closer than ever to becoming ...

A new theory of "dark photons" attempted to explain a centuries-old experiment in a new way this year, in an effort to change ...

Scientists search for "decaying" dark matter (DDM) because it offers unique signatures like specific X-ray or gamma-ray lines ...

In recent years, astronomers have become increasingly interested in a theoretical particle known as the axion, which was ...

This discovery is important because it ruled out a major possibility for new physics beyond the Standard Model.

While the 21st century has been bumpy, it has also ushered in monumental scientific and technological breakthroughs that have ...