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Join Hugh Ross in this breaking News of the Day episode of Stars, Cells, and God. Hugh describes stars at our galaxy’s center showing their luminosities are augmented by the annihilation of dark matter particles in their cores. This could be the first direct discovery of dark matter particles.
Dark Matter Particles?
Dark matter makes up 24.5% of the universe.
Neutrinos are the only dark matter particles detected so far and comprise less than 1% of dark matter.
Three astronomers produced a mock stellar population the evolves both with and without energy from dark matter particle annihilation.
High-mass stars that gain much of their luminosities from dark matter particle annihilation can shine brightly for greater than 10 billion years rather than less than 100 million years. They shine as brightly as young stars, spectroscopically measure to be old, and have lower temperatures.
Density of dark matter in our galaxy is extremely high within 1 light year of its supermassive black hole (SMBH).
Stars within 1 light year of our galaxy’s SMBH have the distinct properties of stars whose luminosities are augmented by dark matter particle annihilation.
Observations by 30-meter telescopes will find enough stars within a light year of our galaxy’s SMBH to make possible an indisputable detection of dark matter particles.
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Dark Branches of Immortal Stars at the Galactic Center
Black Holes as Evidence of God’s Care

Join Hugh Ross in this breaking News of the Day episode of Stars, Cells, and God. Hugh describes a discovery that may resolve a long-standing mystery about dark matter.
Primordial Black Holes Resolve Dark Matter Mystery?
Dark matter is matter that doesn’t interact with light or interacts at an extremely weak level.
The quantity of dark matter that exists and its locations in the universe are not mysteries.
Dark matter’s composition is a mystery that has stymied astronomers and physicists for 5 decades.
Leading candidates for dark matter’s composition are axions and sterile neutrinos, but neither of these particles has been detected.
Physicists Elba Alonso-Monsalve and David Kaiser propose that primordial black holes (PBHs) could make up all or a large fraction of dark matter if they formed previous to a tenth of a quadrillionth of a second after the cosmic creation event.
These PBHs would take two forms: atom-sized bodies with masses equal to that Deimos and Phobos; bodies a ten thousandth the diameter of a proton with masses equal to a ton, with only the first form possibly existing to the present time.
Observable tests for these PBHs include the degree to which they would 1) shift the balance between protons and neutrons, 2) cause ripples in the cosmic spacetime fabric, and 3) affect the amount of helium produced during the universe’s first 3 minutes.
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Primordial Black Holes with QCD Color Change
Quantum Gravity Constraints Affirm Cosmic Creator

Join astrophysicist Hugh Ross in this breaking News of the Day episode of Stars, Cells, and God. Hugh describes the discovery of the important role interstellar space clouds played in establishing the current ice age cyclethat made our advanced civilization possible.
Join us as we explore why we must be in an ice age cycle and:
How rare it is for the solar system to traverse cold, dense interstellar clouds,
How the entry of the solar system into a cold dense interstellar cloud about 2.5 million years ago sustained the cooling effect initiated by the Eltanin collider,
How modeling of 21-centimeter data from the HI4PI survey revealed the velocity of the solar system across the Local Ribbon of Cold Clouds (LRCC),
How the solar system’s traverse of the LRCC drastically affected the heliosphere and cooled Earth’s climate,
How geological evidence for iron-60 and plutonium-244 isotopes affirms Earth’s traverse across cold, dense interstellar clouds, and
How measurements reveal the solar system will exit the local interstellar cloud in the next few thousand years.
This episode is packed with astronomical and geological revelations that explain why our current global, high-technology civilization is uniquely possible.
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A Possible Direct Exposure of the Earth to the Cold Dense Interstellar Medium 2–3 Myr Ago
Hugh Ross, Weathering Climate Change, 57–227.

Join Hugh Ross in this breaking News of the Day episode of Stars, Cells, and God. Hugh describes the discovery of the most distant known galaxy and what the characteristics of this galaxy imply for the cosmic dawn and the big bang creation model.
Distant Galaxy and the Big Bang
Join us as we explore:
The astounding measurement of galaxy JADES-GS-z14-0 at a redshift of 14.32, revealing a glimpse into the universe just 280 million years after the cosmic creation event.
Insights into the size and brightness of this newly discovered galaxy, with its light spanning over 1,600 light-years, predominantly from young stars rather than a supermassive black hole.
The implications of JWST observations on the big bang model, sparking discussions among young-earth creationists and other astrophysicists about potential overhauls to our understanding of cosmic origins.
The standard big bang creation model and its components—including dark energy, exotic dark matter, and ordinary matter—and how JWST’s mission aims to detail the masses and populations of the universe’s first stars.
How JWST’s latest findings support the biblically predicted big bang cosmic model and strengthen the evidence for a universe finely tuned by a cosmic Creator.
This episode is packed with astronomical insights and cosmic revelations!
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A Shining Cosmic Dawn: Spectroscopic Confirmation of Two Luminous Galaxies at z ~14
JWST/MIRI Photometric Detection at 7.7 µm of the Stellar Continuum and Nebular Emission in a Galaxy at z > 14
JWST Glowingly Affirms Big Bang Creation Event
What Does the Bible Say about the Big Bang?