NASA's James Webb telescope catches glimpse of possible 'dark stars' for the first time - which could solve one of the universe's biggest mysteries
Daily MailNASA's James Webb Space Telescope has detected what were believed to be fabled 'dark stars' that could solve one of the universe's biggest mysteries. Dark stars could only exist if dark matter creates heat at the core, preventing the stars from collapsing and causing them to puff up, which the team found in JWST's observations. NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has detected three bright cosmic objects that could finally prove the existence of dark matter However, if the recent findings are confirmed, dark stars could reveal the nature of the nonluminous material. A team of astronomers led by The University of Texas at Austin identified three potential 'dark stars' that formed about 320 million years after the Big Bang that the elusive material could power The three candidate dark stars were spotted in galaxies during observations of JWST in December 2022 by the Advanced Deep Extragalactic Survey A recent study published last week suggests the Big Bang happened 26.7 billion years ago, but UT's research is based on the previous evidence that it occurred 13.7 billion years ago.
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