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- Axions are hypothetical particles that have never been detected. However, it is theorized that they may be found near spinning Neutron stars.
https://www.sciencealert.com/we-fin...-for-the-universes-most-sought-after-particle
Neutron stars with a penchant for extreme spinning could be churning out one of the most sought-after particles in the Universe.
These elementary particles are called axions, and to date they are purely hypothetical. If we did manage to find them, though, we could solve some of the biggest problems in the cosmos, including the identity of at least one kind of dark matter.