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Are we any closer to detecting dark matter?

NPR Science · September 9, 2026 at 4:54 PM

Are we any closer to detecting dark matter?

NPR's Scott Detrow talks with theoretical astrophysicist Priyamvada Natarajan of Yale University about a strange blip recorded by a dark matter detector in South Dakota and what the fluke could mean.

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