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Dark matter is a mysterious substance which makes up roughly 85% of the matter in the universe. But physicists have yet to figure out what dark matter actually is. In a new paper, a group of researchers has revived a theory put forth by Ed Witten in 1984, using his so-called “quark nuggets” to explain dark matter. Let’s take a look.

Paper: academic.oup.com/mnras/article/537/2/1056/7964885

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