Question for the astronomers – would it be possible for these “dark stars” resulting from dark matter contamination to exist today, and if they could, what would they look like? Could we even see them? Would they emit or reflect anything? Or is this kind of phenomenon restricted to the conditions of the early universe and doesn’t apply today?
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>Stars form by gravitational contraction of gas clouds: if significant numbers of [dark matter](https://phys.org/tags/dark+matter/) particles can be captured during the contraction phase, then the internal structure [could be entirely modified](https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/1538-4357/ad029e)—and nuclear ignition prevented.
Question for the astronomers – would it be possible for these “dark stars” resulting from dark matter contamination to exist today, and if they could, what would they look like? Could we even see them? Would they emit or reflect anything? Or is this kind of phenomenon restricted to the conditions of the early universe and doesn’t apply today?