Primordial black holes are hypothetical compact objects formed by the gravitational collapse of large density fluctuations in the early Universe. Their masses span many orders of magnitude, determined ...
A recent study published on arXiv has revealed a black hole so massive and so ancient that it challenges long-standing models of how such cosmic giants form. Detected by Boyuan Liu and colleagues from ...
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The formation of the first, or Population III, stars marked a pivotal epoch in cosmic history. Emerging in dark matter minihalos at redshifts of around 20–30, these metal-free objects arose from the ...
The search for dark matter requires all the best models, theories, and ideas we can throw at it. A new paper by Julia Monika Koulen, Stefano Profumo, and Nolan Smyth from the University of California ...