Scientists make potential breakthrough in search for dark matter
Researchers in South Dakota observed hints of it during a deep-underground experiment but stopped short of saying they finally detected this elusive cosmic component.
Scientists at the Sanford Underground Research Facility in South Dakota may have made a potential breakthrough in the search for dark matter, though they have not officially declared a detection. In an experiment conducted nearly a mile beneath the Earth's surface in the state's Black Hills region, researchers observed a particle interaction that could have involved a weakly interacting massive particle (WIMP), a candidate particle for dark matter.
While ordinary matter constitutes about 15% of the universe's matter, dark matter, which does not emit or reflect light, accounts for the remaining 85%. Its existence is inferred from its gravitational influence on galaxies. Despite the excitement, the researchers have not yet confirmed the detection of dark matter.
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