Dark matter could be turning giant planets into black holes

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Astronomers have found over 5,000 exoplanets, and now scientists think these distant worlds could unlock one of the universe’s greatest mysteries: dark matter. A new study suggests that Jupiter-like planets may gradually collect superheavy dark matter particles in their cores, which could one day collapse into planet-sized black holes.

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