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One day in June 2023, the numerous, unblinking electronic eyes of the LUX-ZEPLIN detector may have glimpsed something remarkable — possibly the first direct detection of dark matter that pervades the cosmos. Or it may have been just another Friday. A new analysis of data from LUX-ZEPLIN, or LZ, found a single particle interaction that is consistent with dark matter, researchers report at the TeV Particle Astrophysics meeting in Tendo, Japan, and in a paper posted on LZ’s website. But one event is not conclusive. Without more data, scientists can’t be sure what it is. The lone unexpected event has physicists buzzing. …
摘自《科学新闻》(Science News)2026年11月刊,Emily Conover。仅引用开头一小段供了解文章,版权归原刊所有,全文请阅读原刊。