Dark Matter

A primordial black hole orbiting the Founder Galaxy above the galactic plane.

Introduction:

Dark matter is the term assigned to primordial black holes that orbit a galaxy. Dark matter was once thought to be another type of matter, and was only noticed when galaxies were discovered to have a large amount of unknown mass. Dark matter was eventually discovered to be primordial black holes, black holes that were formed out of gas before the first galaxies formed.

Uses:

Primordial black holes have the potential to evaporate and explode much quicker than normal stellar black holes, which led to the discovery of Hawking Radiation. Hawking Radiation is given off by all black holes, and was used to sustain the containment of singularities in Singularity Drives.
While they are usually isolated, some primordial black holes orbit stars and feed on their mass. When this happens, a large accretion disk forms around the black hole. The mass of the black hole combined with energy from intergalactic space makes these accretion disks have very unique properties, and the matter that they are made of can be used to accelerate subatomic particles past the speed of light. The amount of dark matter accretion disk matter, or dark matter shadow, is extremely limited due to the fact that it has not been harvested since the High Precursor Era.

A primordial black hole with an accretion disk and relativistic jets, with an asteroid belt visible orbiting the black hole. Exposure has been altered to make the Founder Galaxy visible.

Type

Black Hole