Science has found its first candidate for a dark-matter detector. It’s a really old rock

Photo caption: Ph.D. candidate Keegan Walkup, left, and physicist Patrick Huber work in the new lab that Huber is establishing to look for evidence of dark matter traces inside the crystal lattice structures of old rocks. Photo credit: Spencer Coppage for Virginia Tech. Article by Julia Musto. Independent – November 1, 2024. Source: Virginia Tech News.

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 affects the cosmos. But it is entirely invisible and remains undetectable by normal sensors and techniques. […]

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