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The possibilities for dark matter have just shrunk — by a lot 

The LZ experiment reports no signs of dark matter in their latest search

An array of circular photomultiplier tubes that is part of the LZ experiment.

The LZ experiment is designed to detect light from interactions of dark matter particles using photomultiplier tubes (shown).

Matthew Kapust/Sanford Underground Research Facility

By Emily Conover

Scientists have just slashed the potential hiding spaces for dark matter particles.

The LUX-ZEPLIN, or LZ, experiment has searched for and ruled out the existence of dark matter particles with a wide swath of properties, researchers report August 26 at two conferences.