The Hunt For ‘dark’ Photons Begins

We know that dark matter — the hypothetical substance that makes up 85 percent of the total mass of the universe — interacts with normal matter through gravity. But is it possible that it also does so through a hitherto undetected force? One that is carried and transmitted by “dark” photons?

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