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Unexplainable: Dark matter and the end of answers

Sep 25, 2026 · 34m

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In this episode of Science Quickly, we share part two of our crossover with Vox’s Unexplainable in which we explore one of the universe’s biggest mysteries: dark matter. Host Noam Hassenfeld talks with Scientific American senior reporter Joseph Howlett, a former physicist who spent years searching for dark matter deep beneath an Italian mountain. Their conversation traces the decades-long hunt for the invisible substance thought to make up most of the universe’s matter and explores an even deeper question: What if some mysteries are beyond science’s reach? Recommended Reading: What if we never find dark matter? Listen to Unexplainable Unexplainable on Spotify E-mail us at…