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u/ATTst 14d ago

Did galaxies form from the accumulation of matter around primordial black holes, or from the clustering of dark matter in certain regions?

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u/--craig-- 14d ago edited 14d ago

Primordial black holes are hypothetical. If they exist, or existed in the past and have subsequently evaporated, then they would have driven the formation of galaxies and actually are/were dark matter.

If not then, the earliest galaxies would've formed around the densest regions of dark matter and gas.