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Dark matter stars could solve cosmic mystery. First stars may not have been made from regular matter, but from mysterious cousin
By Clara Moskowitz
In the early universe, the first stars may have been made not of regular matter, but of its mysterious cousin, dark matter. But exactly how it all happened remains a mystery, and figuring it out could help astronomers understand dark matter itself.
Not all kinds of dark matter would be able to form dark stars," said study leader Paolo Gondolo of the University of Utah. "In this sense dark stars are a tool to understand the nature of dark matter." [ Video: Dark Matter in 3-D ]
The term dark star is somewhat misleading, he said, because in fact these stars would emit light and would be visible. But the matter that reacts in the star's core to form that light would be dark matter, not regular matter.
Though dark stars have not yet been observed by telescopes, some experts think future observatories like the James Webb Space Telescope, a successor to the Hubble Space Telescope, set to launch in 2014, could be up to the job.
"If we detect evidence of dark stars, or if we can say that there are no dark stars, then they present constraints" on what dark matter is made of
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/39631545/ns/technology_and_science-space
Dark matter stars could solve cosmic mystery. First stars may not have been made from regular matter, but from mysterious cousin
By Clara Moskowitz
In the early universe, the first stars may have been made not of regular matter, but of its mysterious cousin, dark matter. But exactly how it all happened remains a mystery, and figuring it out could help astronomers understand dark matter itself.
Not all kinds of dark matter would be able to form dark stars," said study leader Paolo Gondolo of the University of Utah. "In this sense dark stars are a tool to understand the nature of dark matter." [ Video: Dark Matter in 3-D ]
The term dark star is somewhat misleading, he said, because in fact these stars would emit light and would be visible. But the matter that reacts in the star's core to form that light would be dark matter, not regular matter.
Though dark stars have not yet been observed by telescopes, some experts think future observatories like the James Webb Space Telescope, a successor to the Hubble Space Telescope, set to launch in 2014, could be up to the job.
"If we detect evidence of dark stars, or if we can say that there are no dark stars, then they present constraints" on what dark matter is made of