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Dark Matter Stars in the Early Universe?

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the grey-matter-over-dark-matter dept.

OriginalArlen writes "UniverseToday reports new research which suggests dark matter could have condensed to form 'dark stars' in the early universe. These stars would have been very massive and burned very slowly, fueled by non-fusion reactions, they could still be with us. Astronomers hope to better constrain theories of early galaxy and star formation with observations of gravitational lensing events caused by these ghosts of the primordial universe."

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  1. Packing material by snoyberg · · Score: 3, Funny

    Of course, that's where all of our packing material comes from.

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  2. Nothing for you to see here. Please move along. by Laebshade · · Score: 5, Funny

    "Nothing for you to see here. Please move along."

    Indeed.

    Hmm... what if we discover a star like the one Asimov described in Nemesis? Yes, I know it wasn't a dark matter star, but they didn't see it, either.

  3. Dark Star by mknewman · · Score: 3, Funny

    So I guess John Carpenter created the universe? http://imdb.com/title/tt0069945/

    1. Re:Dark Star by marcello_dl · · Score: 2, Funny

      I recalled what crosby stills nash and young created a couple years later, too.

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    2. Re:Dark Star by __aaclcg7560 · · Score: 4, Funny

      Nope. Scientist confirms that Dark Stars was Lone Starr's Dad instead of Dark Helmet. No comment from Miss Universe on how that happen.

  4. Jerry Garcia Physics by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    The Grateful Dead predicted the existence of Dark Stars about 30 years ago.

  5. Dark Stars? by wiredog · · Score: 2, Funny

    The bastard children of Dark Helmet and Lone Star?

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    1. Re:Dark Stars? by wass · · Score: 2, Funny

      Well, we don't yet understand the nature of dark matter, but those dark stars are definitely powered by the Schwartz.

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  6. In strange Eons... by Trent+Hawkins · · Score: 1, Funny

    Damn! You can't find a good Lovecraft Quote when you really need one! ... off to the library!

  7. Re:Missing: Anything Provable by OriginalArlen · · Score: 4, Funny

    I propose that dark matter is actually composed of jellybeans and M&M's, and that the first massive objects were stars fuelled by the crushing force of the crunchy shells of the M&Ms piercing the relatively soft outer coating of the jellybeans. Gravitational separation eventually turned the masses into giant Cadbury Creme Eggs. Now you're just being silly. Imagine sphere with a radius of 1 AU (the size of earth's orbit, remember!) composed of milk chocolate and "fondant filling". The enormous pressures in the core would crush the crude, macroscopic proteins in the chocolate into their component molecules, then heat and pressure would eventually overwhlem the degeneracy pressure, causing the entire gooey mass to break down into a seething mass of elementary particles. This event also causes observable evidence, in the form of a huge burst of massless particles accelerated to relativistic velocities. These are called tic-tacs.
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  8. Subliminal messages... by Vexler · · Score: 2, Funny
    From the /. entry:

    "'dark stars'... 'they could still be with us'... 'ghosts'"

    Geez, with Lucas announcing that more Star Wars movies are coming, it's sad that /. has been infiltrated by the Sith.

    These are not the sequels you are looking for.