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Most of the universe is made up of dark matter, so could it form into stars and galaxies like regular matter?
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Sources:
nasa.gov/content/discoveries-highlights-shining-a-light-on-dark-matter
https://home.cern/science/physics/dark-matter
forbes.com/sites/jillianscudder/2016/12/22/astroquizzical-dark-matter-star/?sh=3c0ba76121ea
eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2007-12/uou-wtf113007.php
https://news.umich.edu/dark-matter-powered-the-first-stars-physicists-speculate/
annualreviews.org/doi/abs/10.1146/annurev-astro-081817-051756
newscientist.com/article/dn12100-dark-galaxy-continues-to-puzzle-astronomers/?ignored=irrelevant
http://www.naic.edu/~rminchin/virgohi21.shtml
arxiv.org/pdf/astro-ph/0502312.pdf
Most of the universe is made up of dark matter, so could it form into stars and galaxies like regular matter?
Get your glow-in-the-dark, dark matter star pin before March 31st at store.dftba.com/collections/scishow/products/scishow-pin-of-the-month-dark-matter-star-march
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Support SciShow by becoming a patron on Patreon: patreon.com/scishow
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Huge thanks go to the following Patreon supporters for helping us keep SciShow free for everyone forever:
Silas Emrys, Charles Copley, Jb Taishoff, Jeffrey Mckishen, James Knight, Christoph Schwanke, Jacob, Matt Curls, Christopher R Boucher, Eric Jensen, LehelKovacs, Adam Brainard, Greg, Ash, Sam Lutfi, Piya Shedden, KatieMarie Magnone, Scott Satovsky Jr, charles george, Alex Hackman, Chris Peters, Kevin Bealer
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Sources:
nasa.gov/content/discoveries-highlights-shining-a-light-on-dark-matter
https://home.cern/science/physics/dark-matter
forbes.com/sites/jillianscudder/2016/12/22/astroquizzical-dark-matter-star/?sh=3c0ba76121ea
eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2007-12/uou-wtf113007.php
https://news.umich.edu/dark-matter-powered-the-first-stars-physicists-speculate/
annualreviews.org/doi/abs/10.1146/annurev-astro-081817-051756
newscientist.com/article/dn12100-dark-galaxy-continues-to-puzzle-astronomers/?ignored=irrelevant
http://www.naic.edu/~rminchin/virgohi21.shtml
arxiv.org/pdf/astro-ph/0502312.pdf
