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Most of the universe is made up of dark matter, so could it form into stars and galaxies like regular matter?

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Sources:

https://www.nasa.gov/content/discoveries-highlights-shining-a-light-on-dark-matter
https://home.cern/science/physics/dark-matter
https://www.forbes.com/sites/jillianscudder/2016/12/22/astroquizzical-dark-matter-star/?sh=3c0ba76121ea
https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2007-12/uou-wtf113007.php
https://news.umich.edu/dark-matter-powered-the-first-stars-physicists-speculate/
https://www.annualreviews.org/doi/abs/10.1146/annurev-astro-081817-051756
https://www.newscientist.com/article/dn12100-dark-galaxy-continues-to-puzzle-astronomers/?ignored=irrelevant
http://www.naic.edu/~rminchin/virgohi21.shtml
https://arxiv.org/pdf/astro-ph/0502312.pdf

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