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wondered what might be lurking in the lightless corners of the basement
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Such black holes would be extremely hard to spot and thus might account for some or all of the universe’s dark matter—an invisible, lightless something that seems to act like gravitational glue, binding together galaxies and galaxy clusters.
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Jonathan O'Callaghan, Scientific American, 4 June 2026
Oh, and the grief was almost a person of its own, darkening the minds of some of the characters as much as any lightless corridor could darken a space.
—Literary Hub, 23 Mar. 2026
Amir and Miri share their memories of holing up in a lightless, airless concrete room with two children under the age of 5, trying desperately to remain quiet.
—Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 11 Sep. 2025
For this reason black holes are invisible to the eye, as lightless as the empty, dark space surrounding them.
—Sidney Stevens, Treehugger, 14 Mar. 2025
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Jonathan O'Callaghan, Scientific American, 4 June 2026
Oh, and the grief was almost a person of its own, darkening the minds of some of the characters as much as any lightless corridor could darken a space.
—Literary Hub, 23 Mar. 2026
Amir and Miri share their memories of holing up in a lightless, airless concrete room with two children under the age of 5, trying desperately to remain quiet.
—Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 11 Sep. 2025
For this reason black holes are invisible to the eye, as lightless as the empty, dark space surrounding them.
—Sidney Stevens, Treehugger, 14 Mar. 2025
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“Lightless.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/lightless. Accessed 5 Jun. 2026.
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