“Theory Posits Early Stars Powered By Dark Matter,”
A BBC article highlights a theory that the first stars may have been powered by dark matter.
“First stars ‘may have been dark,” by: Roland Pease
BBC Radio Science Unit According to US scientists, the first stars to appear in the Universe may have been powered by dark matter.
“First stars might have been powered by dark matter,”
by: Maranda Marquit For a long time, scientists have assumed that the very first stars were powered by fusion, in processes similar to what goes on in present day stars. But a new theory is emerging to challenge that view.
“Twinkle, Twinkle: Dark Matter may have lit up first stars,”
page 4, by: Sarah C. Williams The earliest stars in the universe might have been beasts of a different nature than modern stars, a new model suggests. While nuclear reactions between ordinary chemical elements fuel the fire of stars like Earth’s own sun, mysterious dark matter might have powered the first stars.
“Universe’s first stars may have been dark,”
by: Maggie McKee Theorists believe the first stars formed in cradles of dark matter, condensing from clouds of gas until their cores became so dense that nuclear fusion ignited.
“Enlightened: dark matter spotted after cosmic crash,”
by: Eric Jaffe An intergalactic collision is providing astronomers with a giant payoff: the first direct evidence of the invisible material that theorists say holds galaxies together and accounts for most of the universe’s mass. For some 70 years, cosmologists have agreed that theories of gravity account for observations in Earth’s solar system but fail […]