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Is Dark Matter Made of Black Holes?
A hidden population of black holes born less than one second after the big bang could solve the mystery of dark matter
Juan García-Bellido is a theoretical physicist and professor at the Institute for Theoretical Physics in Madrid. His research interests are the early universe, dark energy, black holes and quantum gravity. García-Bellido is an active member of the Dark Energy Survey and the European Space Agency missions Euclid and Laser Interferometer Space Antenna (LISA). Credit: Nick Higgins
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