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Dark stars may be waiting in a mirror universe for us to discover them

Physicists have proposed that a mirror universe alongside our own might explain dark matter ­– and we might be able to see traces of its stars

By Jonathan O’Callaghan

25 December 2023

The Vera C. Rubin Observatory in Chile might be able to look for dark stars when it switches on in 2025

Rubin Observatory/NSF/AURA/B. Quint

Dark matter may occupy a mirror universe, parallel to our own – and if so, we may be able to spot a strange kind of mirror star.

To explain dark matter, the as-yet undetected form of matter that makes up some 85 per cent of the total mass of the universe, some scientists have proposed the idea…

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