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Elizabeth Howell

Do fabled 'dark stars' actually exist? James Webb Space Telescope spots 3 candidates

three blurry images of stars with horizontal lines in between

NASA's powerful new eye on the universe may have caught sight of dark matter.

The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) spotted three candidate "dark stars" that may be powered by particles of annihilating dark matter, according to new peer-reviewed research.

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