Possible Discovery of Dark Matter Planets and Rogue Earth-Neptune Pair.

Scientists have theorized that planets made of dark matter could exist and have laid out how they could be detected. These hypothetical planets could be detected through transit data and radial velocity measurements, which could reveal anomalies in their properties that defy our current understanding of planet formation. defy our current understanding of planet formation. The researchers also suggest that the light curve of a dark matter exoplanet could be distinguishable from that of an ordinary exoplanet due to its tiny but non-vanishing interaction strength with Standard Model particles. Further study is needed to set bounds on dark matter exoplanet abundance if they are not detected.