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LIGO’s black holes may be dark matter

Analysis of gravitational wave detection suggests primordial origin of merging masses

illustration of black holes

 

DARK DETECTION The black holes LIGO detected could be dark matter, in the form of primordial black holes that formed in the infant universe.

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By Emily Conover

- More than 2 years ago

The black holes that produced the first detected gravitational waves may have exotic origins in the early universe.