The axions thus produced can be captured by the neutron star's strong gravity and form a cloud, which can potentially become a dense 'axion cloud' that exceeds the local dark matter density by ...

"If axion clouds, and thereby axions, are discovered, this would be a massive step toward solving the dark matter problem," Noordhuis told Space.com. "The question is: Why are neutron stars the ...

(via PBS Space Time) Neutron stars aren't dark matter--we figured that out a while ago. But new research is telling us that they may be dark matter factories. They may produce the exotic axion, one of ...

(Courtesy: University of Amsterdam) Hypothetical particles called axions could form dense clouds around neutron stars – and if they do, they will give off signals that radio telescopes can detect, say ...

Axions are the most compelling hypothesis for explaining dark matter, but physicists haven ... form potentially observable clouds around neutron stars due to their incredibly strange magnetic ...

One of these mysteries — dark matter — may have found an unlikely accomplice: the dense, collapsed remnants of dead stars. Known as neutron stars, these spinning, magnetic powerhouses might be ...