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Did ‘primordial’ black holes born right after the Big Bang help our universe’s 1st stars form?

Did ‘primordial’ black holes born right after the Big Bang help our universe’s 1st stars form?

New research suggests that primordial black holes created during the Big Bang could have played a major role in forming the universe’s first stars. The findings could help to assess how suitable primordial black holes are as candidates for dark matter, the universe’s most mysterious “stuff.” But the study team isn’t sure yet whether these black holes helped star formation, …

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