GoKawiilLUX-ZEPLIN detector records single unexplained flash that could hint at dark matter
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.