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Webb May Have Spotted Supermassive Dark Stars. The ‘dark stars' are theorized to be made of hydrogen and helium but powered by dark matter heating rather than by nuclear fusion. Dark matter is the mys (www.sci.news)

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[–] Teh 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Yeah, clearly. Someone (hopefully smarter than me) came up with a concept, and a few extra details as to what they mean would have been appreciated in the article.

[–] Boozilla 1 points 2 years ago

It's somewhat controversial. I think the majority of astrophysicists say dark matter is probably or even likely real. But there are a small and growing number who dispute this and say the standard model needs revision, and we possibly misunderstand or miscalculate gravity models over vast distances. Sabine Hossenfelder on YouTube has some interesting videos about it.