In a study published in the latest issue of Physical Review D, researchers H.A. Adarsha and Chandrachur Chakraborty of the Manipal Centre for Natural Sciences at Manipal Academy of Higher Education and Sudip Bhattacharyya of Mumbai's Tata Institute of Fundamental Research suggested that ultra-heavy dark matter particles trapped inside dense stars could accumulate at the core, collapse into a tiny black hole, and gradually transform the entire star into a black hole. ^[1] The study found that continued dark matter feeding can allow black holes born with masses as low as about 40 tonnes to overcome evaporation and eventually consume their host stars. ^[2] Scientists detected a mysterious signal from the center of the Milky Way galaxy that is potentially the first direct evidence of dark matter. ^[3] The researchers said that Hawking radiation causes black holes to lose mass, with smaller black holes evaporating faster, but some hypothetical ultra-heavy dark matter particles could be captured by dense stellar remnants such as millisecond pulsars and white dwarfs, collect at their centres, and eventually collapse into a tiny black hole. ^[4] The study focuses on two extremely dense types of stellar objects: millisecond pulsars, which are rapidly rotating neutron stars emitting regular beams of electromagnetic radiation at intervals of less than 10 milliseconds, and white dwarfs, which are hot, dense stellar remnants. ^[5] A leading researcher in the study stated that while the excess radiation emission fits the predictions of dark matter interaction, the team must explore all possible standard astrophysical explanations before officially claiming it as direct evidence of dark matter. ^[6] ABC News released a weekly quiz featuring a selection of recent stories including a scientific breakthrough, a legal verdict, and human interest incidents. ^[7] The quiz highlights a possibly paradigm-shifting scientific breakthrough related to dark matter detection. ^[8] A legal verdict concerning Tupac Shakur was featured as one of the quiz topics. ^[9] The quiz includes reports on incidents involving entitled tourists. ^[10]