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Cosmic Fireflies: How Dark Matter Turns into Visible Light ⚡ экспресс

Original: "Dipole Radiation and Kinetic Mixing from Dark Photon Solitons"
arXiv:2601.05351v2 · 2026-01-08 · CC BY · ⏱ 1 min · HEP Phenomenology Cosmology High Energy
Invisible clouds of dark matter flash like fireflies when they enter a magnetic field.
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Invisible clumps of dark matter, like ghost clouds, can flash with light in a magnetic field — like fireflies in the night. This effect opens up a new way to hunt for dark matter, which makes up 85% of the Universe's mass.

🎯 If we could see this glow, the night sky might sparkle with countless clouds — like a swarm of fireflies over a nighttime meadow.

Scientists
Albert EinsteinFritz ZwickyVera RubinSubrahmanyan ChandrasekharAdam RiessJohn Archibald Wheeler
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dark matter galaxy
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gravitational lensingvirial theorem
Original: arXiv:2601.05351v2 · CC BY · bridge42worlds