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Mars Could Be the Key to Finally Spotting Dark Matter

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MIT and UCSC say primordial black holes could pass through the inner Solar System once a decade or so.

If they exist, they could be as small as an atom, but as heavy as the largest asteroids.

The researchers say they should be able to detect near-flying PBHs by measuring the orbit of Mars .

The team is calibrating their models to simulate more and more objects in order to test close encounter scenarios.