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Scientists wonder if dark matter lurks inside asteroids

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A speculative discussion is circulating among space enthusiasts asking whether small concentrations, or 'nodules', of dark matter could sit at the centres of asteroids. The idea suggests such clumps may have acted as gravitational seeds, drawing in material that coalesced into the bodies of the early Solar System. The conversation, tagged around space and astronomy topics, also references Phobos, Mars's inner moon. It remains a hypothesis raised informally, with no published research cited.

Why now: Informal scientific speculation about dark matter's role in planet formation is capturing attention in astronomy communities.

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• RE: https:// mastodon.online/@OptimusWikiBo t/117414635322451077 Wondering if little nodules of dark matter lurk at the centre of asteroids and that's what made all that stuff coalesce in the first place when Sol System was forming... # Space # Astrodon # Phobos · Lazarou · 3

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