Tag: Dark

Dark matter detected dangling from the cosmic web for 1st time

For the first time, astronomers have detected dark matter hanging from massive filaments that stretch across the universe and form a “cosmic web” that trap galaxies like morning dew on a spiderweb. Researchers from Yonsei University in Seoul, South Korea, used the Subaru Telescope — an 8.2-meter optical-infrared telescope near the summit of Maunakea in […]

How the Large Hadron Collider’s successor will hunt for the dark universe

Planning is well underway for the successor to the world’s most powerful particle accelerator, the Large Hadron Collider (LHC). The new “atom smasher,” named the Future Circular Collider (FCC), will dwarf the LHC in size and power. It will smash particles together with so much energy, in fact, that scientists say it may be capable […]