Dark matter: A new experiment aims to turn ghostly matter into actual light

Dark matter: A new experiment aims to turn ghostly matter into actual light

Galaxy cluster (left), visible dark matter ring (right).Image source: NASA A ghost is haunting our universe. This has been known in astronomy and cosmology for decades. Observations show that approximately …

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Large Hadron Collider experiment targets magnetic monopoles

Large Hadron Collider experiment targets magnetic monopoles

MoEDAL detector.Image source: CERN The late physicist Joseph Polchinski once said that the existence of magnetic monopoles is “one of the safest bets one can make about physics that has …

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