In the Media

Prof. Tracy Slatyer speaks with Salon reporter Elizabeth Hlavinka about the mysteries of dark matter. “It could be that this idea that we’re going to test this experimentally is just a false hope,” Slatyer explains. “But at the same time, given what we know, dark matter could be a new particle that is lighter than any of the particles we know about, something that is being produced all the time around us, particles that are continually flying through the room — and you just need to put up a sensitive detector and you will find them.”