Dark matter searches from the lab to the cosmos

Experimentally, dark matter is the sharpest evidence for new physics beyond the Standard Model. Theoretically, the parameter space of particle dark matter can span many models and mass scales. In this talk, I will review several theoretical candidates for the dark matter of the universe, from massive particles to ultralight bosons, and what we can infer from a consistent cosmological history of these models. I will outline recent progress in new ideas to search for these particles in precision laboratory experiments as well as in extreme environments created for us by nature in the form of dense, compact objects.