New physics theory: Singularities could be everywhere -- And they might explain dark matter

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Ok, I have seen a lot of weird ideas for what dark matter could be, but this one surprised even me. A team of researchers proposes that the universe might be filled with singularities, or more precisely "primordial naked singularities," and those could make up what we call dark matter. I had a look at the paper, because if nothing else, it's a fun idea.

The paper is here: https://arxiv.org/abs/2401.14431

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