Oh look, a direct detection dark matter search experiment, LUX Zeplin, has detected a remarkable deviation beyond the expected background - albeit one event!

[edit, thanks for the hint] The candidate mass is said to be at least 200 GeV
(for comparison, the heaviest known elementary particle, the top quark, is just above 170 GeV, so this dark matter candidate would also be the heaviest known elementary particle if it is one.)

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https://newscenter.lbl.gov/2026/09/01/lz-sees-surprising-result-in-search-for-dark-matter/