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title: Black Holes and Dark Matter — HIGH T3CH
url: https://hight3ch.com/black-holes-and-dark-matter/
date: 2015-06-24
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# Black Holes and Dark Matter

A fascinating new simulation from NASA shows how astronomers might use black holes to look for signs of a theoretical dark matter particle called a WIMP. Weakly Interacting Massive Particles. When they get whipped up by a black hole, annihilation rates would soar, and we’d be able to see them.