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Scientists propose Webb Telescope has detected stars powered by dark matter (gizmodo.com)
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[–] MrSpectroscopy@mander.xyz 2 points 1 year ago

Hunng...this is so unsatisfying. I get that we can infer the presence of dark matter, but we (me and others likewise uninformed) are lacking a good, physically plausable explanation of what it really is. WIMPs? Axions? What process is so pervasive that makes these represent so much mass and energy in the universe?