Researchers probe dark matter stars that resemble black holes
Berlin, Germany (SPX) Feb 18, 2026
In 2019, an unusual gravitational wave event labelled GW190521 rippled across the universe and into detectors on Earth, initially interpreted as the merger of two black holes each tens of times more massive than the Sun. A European-led team now argues that some signals of this kind might instead come from exotic dark matter objects that closely mimic black holes while lacking their defining feat
Published by SpaceDaily on 02/23/2026
