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Astrophysicists Cross Another Dark Matter Candidate Off Their List: Stupendously Large Black Holes
Universe Today · By Evan Gough ·
The Brief
- Universe Today reports that astrophysicists have ruled out Stupendously Large Black Holes (SLABs) as a dark matter candidate.
- SLABs are a less well-known proposal, compared with WIMPs, axions and primordial black holes, which the article also mentions.
- The article's source text is a short excerpt, so the methods and evidence behind the conclusion are not described here.
Why it matters
Ruling out another candidate narrows the list of possible explanations for dark matter, which helps focus future observational and theoretical searches.
Who’s affected
- astrophysicists and cosmologists
- physics readers interested in dark matter research
Astrophysicists are leaving no stone unturned in their search for what dark matter is. Different particles have been proposed, like WIMPs and axions. Hypothetical rimordial black holes have also been proposed. But there's another less well-known candidate, SLABs or Stupendously…