{"id":243304,"date":"2026-08-28T01:32:50","date_gmt":"2026-08-28T06:32:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2026\/08\/deep-underground-supercdms-begins-hunting-light-dark-matter-with-24-cryogenic-crystals"},"modified":"2026-08-28T01:32:50","modified_gmt":"2026-08-28T06:32:50","slug":"deep-underground-supercdms-begins-hunting-light-dark-matter-with-24-cryogenic-crystals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2026\/08\/deep-underground-supercdms-begins-hunting-light-dark-matter-with-24-cryogenic-crystals","title":{"rendered":"Deep underground, SuperCDMS begins hunting light dark matter with 24 cryogenic crystals"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/deep-underground-supercdms-begins-hunting-light-dark-matter-with-24-cryogenic-crystals.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>In the hunt for one of nature\u2019s most elusive substances\u2014dark matter, which makes up 85% of all matter in the universe\u2014scientists are going to extremes. Deep underground and chilled to near absolute zero, the Super Cryogenic Dark Matter Search (SuperCDMS) SNOLAB\u2014one of the world\u2019s most sensitive dark matter searches\u2014has begun collecting its first scientific data.<\/p>\n<p>During this early-science phase, the team will fine-tune the system for its full-scale search, set to begin in 2027. Although the experiment isn\u2019t yet operating at full sensitivity, it could still deliver meaningful results.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe search for dark matter at SuperCDMS SNOLAB is finally underway,\u201d said Tina Cartaro, SuperCDMS operations manager at the Department of Energy\u2019s SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the hunt for one of nature\u2019s most elusive substances\u2014dark matter, which makes up 85% of all matter in the universe\u2014scientists are going to extremes. Deep underground and chilled to near absolute zero, the Super Cryogenic Dark Matter Search (SuperCDMS) SNOLAB\u2014one of the world\u2019s most sensitive dark matter searches\u2014has begun collecting its first scientific data. [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":427,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-243304","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cosmology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/243304","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/427"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=243304"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/243304\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=243304"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=243304"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=243304"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}