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JWST Might Have Spotted the First Dark Matter Stars (www.scientificamerican.com)
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[–] MysteriousSophon21@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

Totally agree - the spectra of these objects are weird enough to warrant investigation but the media always jumps straight to the most exotic explanation when the boring one (unusual early galaxies) is still on the table and probbly more likely.