Researchers on the LUX-ZEPLIN experiment at South Dakota's Sanford Underground Research Facility reported a lone high-energy event in their 10-tonne liquid xenon detector, recorded sometime in 2023 or 2024, that matches the expected signature of a dark matter particle striking an atomic nucleus. The team announced the finding at a physics conference in Japan and posted details in a preprint, while cautioning that a single event is not proof.
nature.com
· 2026-09-01
NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope lifted off from Kennedy Space Center aboard a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket, beginning its mission to investigate dark matter and dark energy. Shortly after launch, the telescope successfully deployed its solar panels and sun shade, with remaining instruments set to activate in coming weeks. First images are expected in early 2027, with the observatory eventually beaming back 1.4 terabytes of data daily.
engadget.com
· 2026-08-30
NASA successfully launched the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, which will spend three months traveling roughly one million miles to reach its observation post at the second Sun-Earth Lagrange point. Once there, it will scan the cosmos with a field of view 100 times wider than Hubble's and a speed 1,000 times faster, using a 300-megapixel infrared camera and a coronagraph that blocks starlight to reveal orbiting planets.
theverge.com
· 2026-08-30
NASA sent the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope into orbit on Sunday, equipping it with a 2.4-meter mirror matching Hubble's but pairing it with a 300-megapixel Wide Field Instrument. That camera can capture images at least 100 times larger than Hubble's per shot and scan the sky roughly 1,000 times faster, letting it map billions of stars and galaxies and search for around 100,000 exoplanets.
techspot.com
· 2026-08-30
Linkind has released a Smart Light Stick, an E26 screw-in bulb designed around dynamic flame simulation rather than standard color lighting. Users can adjust flame size, brightness, flicker speed, and motion type, and the bulb also includes over 120 presets like sunset and lava effects. It connects to Apple Home, Amazon Alexa, and Google Home through Matter.
9to5mac.com
· 2026-08-28
Apple TV's sci-fi drama Dark Matter returns for a second season that pushes its multiverse concept even further, following physicist Jason Dessen's fractured family across parallel timelines. The new season builds on season one's cliffhanger, in which Jason, his wife Daniela, and son Charlie fled into the interdimensional box seeking a peaceful new world after an army of Jason variants converged on Chicago.
theverge.com
· 2026-08-28
Apple TV has released the premiere episode of Dark Matter's second season, more than two years after the sci-fi thriller's first run ended. The 10-episode season continues the story of physicist Jason Dessen and his family, based on Blake Crouch's novel, with Joel Edgerton, Jennifer Connelly and Alice Braga returning to their roles.
9to5mac.com
· 2026-08-28
Homey has introduced a new Device Updates feature that lets users install over-the-air firmware updates for smart home devices across Matter, Zigbee, and Z-Wave protocols directly within its app. Zigbee and Z-Wave updates come through their respective sub-apps, while Matter updates are pulled from the Connectivity Standards Alliance's Distributed Compliance Ledger. The feature is rolling out with Homey app version 9.10.0 and later across Homey Cloud, Homey Pro, Homey Pro mini, and Homey Self-Hosted Server.
androidauthority.com
· 2026-08-27
Author Blake Crouch, creator of Apple TV's sci-fi series 'Dark Matter,' has offered a preview of the show's upcoming second season as it prepares to return this week. The series, starring Joel Edgerton and Jennifer Connelly, continues its multiverse-spanning storyline exploring alternate realities and the choices that shape them.
gizmodo.com
· 2026-08-25
NASA plans to launch the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope as early as August 30 from Kennedy Space Center. The observatory matches Hubble's resolution but offers a field of view about 100 times larger, enabling it to map vast regions of sky to study dark matter and dark energy over a five-year primary mission. Scientists also expect it to detect as many as 200,000 new exoplanets, far surpassing the roughly 6,300 confirmed so far.
wired.com
· 2026-08-24
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