These “miniature trails of destruction,” as the researchers call them, are caused by high-energy particles bouncing off the nucleus inside a rock, which knocks that nucleus out of place. The resulting ...

Analyzing billion-year-old rocks, researchers at Virginia Tech hope to find traces of dark matter. The idea was first ...

As we gaze into the universe, we've discovered most galaxies have a supermassive black hole lurking near the center.

On a mountain in northern Chile, scientists are carefully assembling the intricate components of the NSF–DOE Vera C. Rubin ...

The current US Supreme Court has no fundamental understanding of a range of medical, engineering, technological, or ...

But data are not confirming the popular hypothesis that invisible dark matter ... Einstein's Equations Collide With the Mysteries of the Universe Nov. 11, 2024 — Why is the expansion of our ...

“We are extremely pleased to welcome Claudio Chamon to our college’s faculty,” said Lucy Flesch, the Fredrick L. Hovde Dean ...

A recent study has proposed a new mechanism for the formation of primordial black holes that could provide answers about dark matter.

A Virginia Tech-led team is hunting for dark matter — not with telescopes or particle colliders — but by scrutinizing billion ...

(Photo by Spencer Coppage for Virginia Tech) Huber, who is building a new lab to test dark matter theories, has been awarded several million dollars from the National Science Foundation and ...

With advancements in imaging technology, the first successful dark matter detector might turn out to be an ancient rock. The visible universe — every potato, gas giant, steamy romance novel, black ...

Scientists in Virginia are looking for mysterious dark matter - and have turned to really old rocks. The substance, which makes up more than 80 percent of all matter in the universe, shapes and ...