New Research Supports the 'Fuzzy' Axion Theory of Dark Matter
Despite proliferating the universe, dark matter has remained elusive. Scientists are starting to think that’s because it’s made of “fuzzy” little axions.
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Despite proliferating the universe, dark matter has remained elusive. Scientists are starting to think that’s because it’s made of “fuzzy” little axions.
An exotic, ultracold state of matter on Earth is helping scientists study the behavior of "fuzzy" dark matter.
Credits: Photo courtesy of the researcher. Caption: Mark Vogelsberger and his colleagues created simulations showing that competing models of dark matter produce primordial star-forming regions that look very different from one another. Credits: Courtesy of the researchers Previous image Next image Mark Vogelsberger, an associate professor of physics at MIT, has received the 2020 Buchalter Cosmology Prize in a collaboration led by Phillip Mocz, a postdoc at Princeton University. Their researc...