"dark star" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: dark stars [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} dark star (plural dark stars)
  1. (astronomy, physics) An extremely bright and massive hypothetical astrophysical object whose illumination is powered by annihilation of dark-matter particles and anti-particles (or by self-annihilation if they are Majorana particles). Categories (topical): Astronomy, Physics
    Sense id: en-dark_star-en-noun-5Y5D9irK Topics: astronomy, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics
  2. (obsolete, astronomy, physics) A black hole: star so massive that its escape velocity is above the speed of light, making the star dark, as no light can escape. Tags: obsolete Categories (topical): Astronomy, Physics, Stars, Black holes
    Sense id: en-dark_star-en-noun-2xja2qQu Disambiguation of Black holes: 20 78 2 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 37 61 2 Topics: astronomy, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics
  3. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see dark, star.
    Sense id: en-dark_star-en-noun-KybSnRMP

Inflected forms

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