<div dir="ltr">Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription.<br><br>Scientists Hunting Dark Matter Found Something Strange<br><br>A lone signal from an experiment in South Dakota doesn’t fit the profile of any other known particles, physicists say.<br><br><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/01/science/dark-matter.html?unlocked_article_code=1.-FA.q-Eh.3rkTiRyU5r09&smid=em-share">https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/01/science/dark-matter.html?unlocked_article_code=1.-FA.q-Eh.3rkTiRyU5r09&smid=em-share</a></div>