  A new line of research on Dark Stars is reviewed, which suggests that the
first stars to exist in the universe were powered by dark matter heating rather
than by fusion. Weakly Interacting Massive Particles, which may be there own
antipartmers, collect inside the first stars and annihilate to produce a heat
source that can power the stars. A new stellar phase results, a Dark Star,
powered by dark matter annihilation as long as there is dark matter fuel.

Astrophysics