JWST initially identified these three objects (JADES-GS-z13-0, JADES-GS-z12-0 and JADES-GS-z11-0) as galaxies in December 2022. Now a team suggests they might be “dark stars,” theoretical objects powered by particles of dark matter annihilating. Credit: NASA/ESA We don’t just find new stars by looking for long periods of time for things that suddenly change in new and unusual ways… although I have to admit I’m partial to all those stars that flicker and flare and vary in the night. We also find new kinds of stars by looking fainter than ever before. Not everything is bright and not...

Dark “Stars” or galaxies?
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