Scientists are closing in on the Universe’s biggest mystery

Dark Energy: scientists say the cosmic forces pushing the universe apart may not be what it seems

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Scientists Are Closing In on Dark Matter, the Universe’s Biggest Secret

New research pushes boundaries in the search for dark matter. Credit: ESA/Hubble / Wikimedia Commons / CC BY 4.0 Scientists are making steady progress toward uncovering what may be the universe’s biggest secret: the true nature of dark matter. Although it accounts for most of the universe’s mass, dark matter remains invisible and poorly understood, forming a key piece of a cosmic puzzle that continues to challenge researchers worldwide. Physicis…

Scientists are closing in on the Universe’s biggest mystery

Nearly everything in the universe is made of mysterious dark matter and dark energy, yet we can’t see either of them directly. Scientists are developing detectors so sensitive they can spot particle interactions that might occur once in years or even decades. These experiments aim to uncover what shapes galaxies and fuels cosmic expansion. Cracking this mystery could transform our understanding of the laws of nature.

The universe is filled with invisible matter, but scientists are finally building the eyes to see it

By Stef Verhagen Looking up at the night sky feels like you’re seeing the universe. But physicists say most of it is missing from view. Not missing as in far away, but missing as in invisible.Scientists there is about five times as much dark matter as normal matter. That huge unknown is why Dr. Rupak Mahapatra and his team at Texas A&M University are building detectors sensitive enough to spot extremely rare signals, sometimes only once a year o…

We have no idea what most of the universe is made of, but scientists are closer than ever to finding out

When it comes to understanding the universe, what we know is only a sliver of the whole picture. Dark matter and dark energy make up about 95% of the universe, leaving only 5% “ordinary matter,” or what we can see. Dr. Rupak Mahapatra, an experimental particle physicist at Texas A&M University, designs highly advanced semiconductor detectors with cryogenic quantum sensors, powering experiments worldwide and pushing the boundaries to explore this…