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Dark Matter Black Holes Could Fly through the Solar System Once a Decade

www.scientificamerican.com Dark Matter Black Holes Could Fly through the Solar System Once a Decade

The universe’s hidden mass may be made of black holes, which could wobble the planets of the solar system when they pass by

Dark Matter Black Holes Could Fly through the Solar System Once a Decade

Black holes the size of an atom that contain the mass of an asteroid may fly through the inner solar system about once a decade, scientists say. Theoretically created just after the big bang, these examples of so-called primordial black holes could explain the missing dark matter thought to dominate our universe. And if they sneak by the moon or Mars, scientists should be able to detect them, a new study shows.

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