Mysterious “Dark Star” Made of Dark Matter Spotted in Webb Telescope Data (Maybe)

Improve your problem solving skills with Brilliant! Start learning for free at https://brilliant.org/sabine/ and get 20% off a premium subscription, which includes daily unlimited access! Dark stars, in theory, are stars fueled by burning dark matter – these theoretical stars burn faster and brighter than normal stars, though we haven’t actually seen any to date. At least, until now – according to a group of physicists, four objects in recent data collected by the James Webb Telescope match the theoretical properties of dark stars. Let’s take a look at whether or not these anomalies might actually be the dark stars we’ve been promised. 🤓 Check out my new quiz app ➜ http://quizwithit.com/ 📚 Buy my book ➜ https://amzn.to/3HSAWJW 💌 Support me on Donorbox ➜ https://donorbox.org/swtg 📝 Transcripts and written news on Substack ➜ https://sciencewtg.substack.com/ 👉 Transcript with links to references on Patreon ➜ https://www.patreon.com/Sabine 📩 Free weekly science newsletter ➜ https://sabinehossenfelder.com/newsletter/ 👂 Audio only podcast ➜ https://open.spotify.com/show/0MkNfXlKnMPEUMEeKQYmYC 🔗 Join this channel to get access to perks ➜ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1yNl2E66ZzKApQdRuTQ4tw/join #science #sciencenews #space #physics