Astrophysical and cosmological observations have revealed that our picture of the universe is incomplete. Ordinary matter makes up less than 16% of the matter of the universe and the remaining 84% appears to be made of a mysterious, invisible substance named dark matter.
The ARC Centre of Excellence for Dark Matter Particle Physics brings together experts from across Australia and internationally to unlock the secrets of dark matter and foster the science and engineering leaders of the future.
The Stawell Underground Physics Laboratory has reveived a Victorian Government Enabling Tourism Grant to explore the feasibility of establishing a state-of-the-art Science Outreach Centre in Stawell.
Elisabetta Barberio, Paul Jackson and Lindsey Bignell will lead research projects that received ARC LIEF funding, announced on November 6.
To celebrate Dark Matter Day on October 31, our Centre researchers explain their role in the global search to undersand dark matter.
In the lead up to Dark Matter Day, the ARC Centre of Excellence for Dark Matter Particle Physics (CDM) will join forces with CERN Laboratory in Geneva and European Southern Observatory (ESO) Supernova in Germany to give educators the tools to teach their students about dark matter.
Enjoy vieiwing the highlights of the 2024 National Quantum & Dark Matter Road Trip.. The photographs were captured by road trippers as they crossed the country, from Queensland, through the Northern Territory, via remote communities, and finishing in Western Australia.
This year’s science outreach event “Dark Matter in the Pub” was a joint event between the Centre’s Australian National University and The University of Sydney nodes. It took place on two consecutive evenings during National Science Week in August..
Professor Michael Tobar of The University of Western Australia has been awarded the Harrie Massey Medal and Prize.
A world leader in underground laboratory development was among international guests and Australian dark matter scientists who toured the Stawell Underground Physics Laboratory on Wednesday.
EQUS and CDM held another highly successful National Quantum & Dark Matter Road Trip in 2024, visiting the Northern Territory and Indigenous schools and communities for the first time.
Centre members Robert James of The University of Melbourne and Theresa Fruth of The University of Sydney are part of an experiment that has set the tightest limits yet on the properties of dark matter.
Centre member Ben McAllister was awarded a 2025 ARC Discovery Early Career Researcher Award (DECRA) for his research to enhance Australian dark matter searches with quantum technology.
In the lead up to the National Quantum & Dark Matter Particle Physics orgsniser Ben McAllister spoke to David Astle on ABC Melbourne Evenings.
