On Dark Matter Day in October, the Dark Matter Centre, alongside the Boulby Underground Laboratory and the Stawell Underground Physics Laboratory provided a tour of the facilities and an explanation of the search for dark matter happening inside the labs.
Read MoreWe have enjoyed a year of outreach, exploration and discovery at the Dark Matter Centre in 2025. Thank you to everyone involved in our Centre’s many research, education and outreach activities.
Read MoreIn August, the National Quantum & Dark Matter Road Trip travelled to remote and regional areas across Australia to share the love of science.
Read MoreThere’s more to the universe than meets the eye. Dark matter, the invisible substance making up most of the universe’s mass, is all around us — but what it is remains one of science’s biggest mysteries.
Read MoreMembers who have made exceptional contributions to the Centre in the areas of Outreach and Impact, Collaboration and Centre Values, and Mentorship were recognised as the 2025 Annual Workshop in November.
Read MoreHappy Dark Matter Day! What better way to celebrate than hearing Dr Karl Kruszelnicki talk with Kim Mintern-Lane about the potential of dark matter research to change our lives.
Read MoreTo celebrate Dark Matter Day on Friday, October 31, we are excited to be travelling around the world, with live links to two fascinating underground labs that are part of the search for the elusive dark matter: the Stawell Underground Physics Laboratory and the Boulby Underground Laboratory.
Read MoreDark Matter Centre Director Professor Elisabetta Barberio has been awarded the Italian Bilateral Scientific Cooperation Award by the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation.
Read MoreThe SABRE South dark matter experiment has reached an exciting milestone with the arrival of a special glovebox in the Stawell Underground Physics Laboratory.
Read MoreImagine the advantage to the mining industry of being able to ‘see’ through rock without having to excavate.
Read MoreThe National Quantum & Dark Matter Road Trip will complete its lap of Australia with an event in Sydney on Saturday.
Read MoreExcavation of the cavern where Hyper-Kamiokande will be built has been completed and the next phase of the construction has begun.
Read MoreStudents spoke to Channel 7 about why they enjoyed the visit from dark matter and quantum scientists as part of the annual National Quantum & Dark Matter Road Trip yesterday.
Read MoreNational Quantum & Dark Matter Road Trip organiser and road tripper Ben McAllister appeared on Channel 9’s Weekend Today show.
Read MoreThe National Quantum & Dark Matter Road Trip will take off from Karratha, WA, on Monday, 4 August, as it completes its lap of Australia.
Read MoreThe National Quantum & Dark Matter Road Trip is back in 2025 to complete its lap across the length and breadth of Australia.
Read MoreAssociate Investigator Laura Manenti of The University of Sydney has been awarded the Italian Physics Society's education award for creating and internationally promoting an illustrated book on particle physics for children titled The Littlest Girl Goes Inside an Atom.
Read MoreIn the lead up to the National Quantum & Dark Matter Particle Physics orgsniser Ben McAllister spoke to David Astle on ABC Melbourne Evenings.
Read MoreA group of scientists from across Australia will converge on Brisbane on Sunday, 4 August to begin the National Quantum & Dark Matter Road Trip.
Read MoreOne of Australia’s top dark matter scientist sand leader of efforts to find dark matter in regional Victoria will speak at The Ballaarat Mechanics’ Institute on Wednesday, 7 August.
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