The Large Hadron Collider May Already Have Detected Hints of Dark Matter

Physicists propose that axion quark nuggets, a speculative macroscopic dark matter candidate, could cause tiny seismic-like disturbances near the LHC that shake loose dust and trigger unexplained beam-loss events.

The idea suggests looking for a correlated pattern of these events around CERN’s 27-kilometer ring, without needing any new detector upgrades.

If correct, the Large Hadron Collider could become a new probe for macroscopic dark matter and offer an indirect clue to one of physics’ biggest unknowns.