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Fast-spinning black holes narrow the search for dark matter particles

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An MIT study narrows the search for particles called ultralight bosons, which, if they exist, could be an important component of dark matter. Certain ultralight bosons would be expected to put the brakes on the spin of black holes, but the new results show no such slowdown.

Source: ScienceDaily.com