The infant universe's population of huge black holes could owe itself to ultralight dark matter, scientists say.

It doesn't interact with baryonic matter and it's completely invisible to light and other forms of electromagnetic radiation, making dark matter impossible to detect with current instruments.

In the realm of general relativity, black holes are well-known for their ability to trap light and matter by bending ...

A black hole is a region of space where gravity is so strong that nothing, not even light, can escape ... The study reveals that ultralight dark matter (axions) can generate enough UV photons ...