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PBH (if they exist) are microscopic in size. If they're real and qualify as a potential dark matter candidate they have passed our solar system many times with
by ungovernableCat 1mo ago
PBH (if they exist) are microscopic in size. If they're real and qualify as a potential dark matter candidate they have passed our solar system many times with the only thing happening being undetectable gravitational tugs.
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- shagie 1mo agoNot quite so undetectable... in theory. PBS Spacetime - How Many Black Holes Are In The Solar System? https://youtu.be/wh75ubECL8I https://youtu.be/wh75ubECL8I And then How to spot tiny black holes that might pass through the solar system - https://www.sciencenews.org/article/primordial-black-holes-solar-system https://www.sciencenews.org/article/primordial-black-holes-s... That references two papers: Probing primordial black holes and dark matter clumps in the Solar System with gravimeter and Global Navigation Satellite Systems networks - https://journals.aps.org/prd/abstract/10.1103/PhysRevD.110.063029 https://journals.aps.org/prd/abstract/10.1103/PhysRevD.110.0... Close encounters of the primordial kind: A new observable for primordial black holes as dark matter - https://journals.aps.org/prd/abstract/10.1103/PhysRevD.110.063533 https://journals.aps.org/prd/abstract/10.1103/PhysRevD.110.0...