Small but mighty: TESSERACT joins the hunt for dark matter

For decades, people have been trying to directly detect dark matter: the missing mass in our universe. Now, there’s a new, super-sensitive detector on the case—and even though it’s still in the research and development phase, it’s already been able to search for kinds of dark matter that other detectors can’t reach. For decades, people have been trying to directly detect dark matter: the missing mass in our universe. Now, there’s a new, super-sensitive detector on the case—and even though it’s still in the research and development phase, it’s already been able to search for kinds of dark matter that other detectors can’t reach. Astronomy Phys.org – latest science and technology news stories