Tag: dark matter

Only about 5% of the matter in the Universe is visible. The rest is of an unknown nature and is referred to as dark matter (27%) and dark energy (68%). Finding out what it consists of is a major question for modern science.

  • Hunting for dark quarks

    Hunting for dark quarks

    A search for dark quarks conducted by the CMS collaboration inches closer to the parent particles from which they may originate

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  • Higgs results take centre stage at annual Moriond conference

    Higgs results take centre stage at annual Moriond conference

    ATLAS and CMS present new measurements of the properties of the Higgs boson

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  • NA64 hunts the mysterious dark photon

    NA64 hunts the mysterious dark photon

    NA64 is a new experiment at CERN searching for a particle called the dark photon, which might act as a bridge to the universe’s invisible, dark sector

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