“Heart of Darkness Could Explain Sun Mysteries,”
by: Eugenie Samuel Reich Is dark matter lurking at the centre of our bright sun? Yes, say two research groups who believe the elusive stuff is cooling the solar core.
“Shedding LIGHT on DARK STARS,”
page 26, by: Ker Than Bizarre stars powered by dark matter may have been the first to form after the Big Bang. (Click here to download the publication as an Adobe PDF file)
“Dark Side of Black Holes: Dark Matter Could Explain the Early Universe’s Giant Black Holes,”
by: Charles Q. Choi Massive black holes should not have existed in a universe less than one billion years old, yet they did. (Click here to download the publication as an Adobe PDF file)
“Did ‘Dark Stars’ Spawn Supermassive Black Holes?”
by: Ian O’Neill Although it’s believed the first stars (known as “Population III stars”) were sparked when hydrogen and helium gases cooled enough to clump together, collapsing under gravity and initiating nuclear fusion in the star cores (thus generating heavier elements), there’s another possibility.
“Etoiles noires: Elles seraient les premiers astres,”
page 92, par: Mathieu Grousson – Mars Faute de pouvoir être observées directement, les étoiles primitives demeurent une énigme pour les scientifiques. Aussi, le scenario de leur formation repose-t-il sur celui des étoiles connues, où la mystérieuse matière noire tient un faible role. Or, voilà qu’une astrophysicienne américaine émet une hypothèse audacieuse: la matière noire […]
Mystery Swirls Around ‘Dark Stars’
by: Charles Q. Choi These “dark stars,” first born nearly 13 billion years ago, might still exist today. Although they would not shed any visible light, astronomers might detect these invisible giants ? some 400 to 200,000 times wider than our sun and 500 to 1,000 times more massive ? because they should spew gamma […]
“Burrowing Black Holes Devoured First Stars From Within,”
by: David Shiga Some physicists speculate that minuscule black holes may have been forged in the very dense soup of matter and radiation that prevailed in the first moments of the universe’s existence. If so, these might account for at least some of the invisible dark matter that pervades the universe.
“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.