Results from the LUX-ZEPLIN experiment, co-founded by UC Santa Barbara physicists, mark a major step in defining what dark matter can — and cannot — be ...

Determining the nature of dark matter, the invisible substance that makes up most of the mass in our universe, is one of the greatest puzzles in physics. New results from the world's most sensitive ...

For scientists, though, one big mystery still remained. Although will-o’-the-wisps are not actual flames and occur at ambient temperatures, they still have to ignite somehow. The source of that ...