Scientists Think Invisible 'Ghost Stars' Exist, Here's What You Need To Know

Recent studies point to a potential new type of matter: the dark boson. This dark matter candidate could potentially clump together out in space, forming 'ghost stars' that could grow as big as supermassive black holes.

The term “Dark matter” is a placeholder for matter that we’re almost certain must be out there because we see the effects of its gravitational pull. But that’s all we see, so we don’t know exactly what it is yet.

There are a lot of competing explanations, and one of them has raised a few eyebrows recently because it could account for some unexpected experimental results.

Maybe most interesting of all, this dark matter candidate opens up the possibility that there are “ghost stars” out there in space. Some scientists have suggested that a boson star is actually what’s at the center of our own Milky Way.

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[The_Super_NOVA]

Watching this cuz it sounded like Dark Aether from Metroid and I'm here for some scientific proof XD

[jagadishgospat]

0:53 protons: *I'm playing both sides so I always come out on top.*

[javinshki]

dark matter stars
now thats a new magical power anime idea!

[EyesOfByes]

Dark matter is like RTX 3000 cards; They are apparantly abundant but we can't see or interact with them. #Nvidia #SiliconShortage

[vivacristorey]

Basically we don't even know our universe

[talideon]

NASA employee: "Oh hey! You guys are back early!"

Astronaut: "Space's haunted."

NASA employee: "What?!"

Astronaut: *loading a pistol and getting back in spacecraft* "Space's haunted."

[aineshgodse]

You might wanna update your iss model with new solar panels.

[Deeplycloseted]

I so badly, want this all to be figured out. The reality is though, that whenever a zeitgeist changing discovery brings us to a new understanding, it inevitably leads to ten times more questions. EVERY generation thinks they pretty much have it all figured out besides a few straggling mysteries. EVERY generation is wrong.

[TheJasonmassia]

Great video! But I just have one question...

Sooo, this force carrying particle.. Jedi or Sith?

[amadiohfixed]

Oh no, that would mean dark matter black holes

[NeonVisual]

Perhaps the high density areas of the spiral arms of galaxies are the visible indication of where the dark matter is.

[sachindubey]

4:34 THANKS FOR THE WALLPAPER.
Image influenced by the stars that are influenced by dark matter and in whole its a cocern for us, just to remind myself everytime I see will this

[sonny]

As if worrying about comets or asteroids hurtling towards earth wasn't something to keep me up at night. I now have to worry about gigantic force filled/unfilled invisible stars hurtling towards us randomly

[ParOtechnic]

Please cover the giant arc galaxy next, thanks 😊

[samsharma]

How do you make these effects (in your videos) ?? I'm really curious.

[benedictifye]

Your Standard Model pic is missing the Higgs boson

[rustamalbinsky]

What if dark matter is actually alien structures hidden from us.

[rajanlamichhane]

There could be nothing as dark matter, and the sad part is, we don't know.
It's evidences could be just because we are missing something in the theory of gravity.

[yay-cat]

jezuz this is above my paygrade. I'll just scuttle back to the mechanical engineering department with my tail between my legs

[torjones]

Okay, but that boson star would still have mass and thus gravity. If it has gravity, it'll act like a lens just like any other massive object, and bend light giving away it's presence. We should be able to see them as easily as the effects of any black hole if not easier.