Webb May Have Spotted Supermassive Dark Stars. The ‘dark stars' are theorized to be made of hydrogen and helium but powered by dark matter heating rather than by nuclear fusion. Dark matter is the mys
Article is SUPER short on details. What is “dark matter heating” and is the claim here that these stars are not creating heat and light through fusion?
We don't even know what dark matter even is -- or if it actually exists. We just assume, by fitting data into our existing models, which might well be flawed. It's just all "our best guess" right now, so it's not surprising that the article is vague.
Yeah, clearly. Someone (hopefully smarter than me) came up with a concept, and a few extra details as to what they mean would have been appreciated in the article.