A supersensitive dark matter search found no signs of the substance — yet

The LZ experiment will continue its dark matter search for about 5 years

the LZ dark matter experiment, a long white scientfic apparatus with white bulges capped with yellow tips

The LZ experiment (pictured) found no evidence of hypothetical dark matter particles called WIMPs in its initial search, but it’s already the most sensitive such hunt reported.

Matthew Kapust/Sanford Underground Research Facility

The next generation of dark matter detectors has arrived.

A massive new effort to detect the elusive substance has reported its first results.