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‘Fuzzy’ dark matter could form stars in giant ‘pancakes’

An exotic dark matter model suggests that the first stars may have formed not as individuals, but as tiny pockets embedded in gigantic pancake-like sheets. This would have led to the formation of truly gigantic stars that the James Webb Space Telescope may be able to detect, according to a research team. Astronomers have a …

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