Have We Detected Dark Matter?

Walkabout the Galaxy by Joshua Colwell

Sep 15, 202640:03Science & Medicine

An intriguing detection from a dark matter experiment may be the first direct detection of a dark matter particle. This detection would mean dark matter is made of WIMPs: Weakly-Interacting Massive Particles. There's a n...

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