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Scientists may have detected the 1st direct evidence of dark matter

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Scientists may have detected the 1st direct evidence of dark matter
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In what could be a groundbreaking discovery, scientists report they may have detected the first direct evidence of dark matter. The potential detection came from the LUX-ZEPLIN experiment, in the form of a single suspected interaction between a Weakly Interacting Massive Particle (WIMP), one of the leading hypothetical particle candidates for dark matter, and an everyday particle.Dark matter has been a headache for scientists because, despite accounting for 85% of the mass in the universe, scien

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