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Article: Universe's first stars could shed light on elusive nature of dark matter
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- The Hindustan Times
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- June 25, 2008
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London, June 25 -- A new research has suggested that the universe's first stars, might still be around at the centre of the Milky way, in frozen form, and could provide important insights into the elusive nature of dark matter.
According to a report in New Scientist, the first stars of the Universe lived fast and died young, burning out in only a few hundred thousand years.
But, the new research suggests some of them might still be around as a result of interactions with dark matter, which halted their growth and curbed their blazing excess.
"These stars can be frozen for timescales longer than the age of the universe," ...
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