A study suggests that dark matter may be responsible for the wobble in Mars' orbit.

Last week, a study suggested that the observable wobble in Mars' orbit might be due to dark matter.

A theory proposed in a study published in Physical Review suggests that dark matter affects microscopic black holes.

These black holes were formed from collapsed pockets of gas in the early universe and dispersed due to expansion.

These primordial black holes, although minute like an atom, would outweigh thousands of solar masses and make up dark matter.

In the 1930s, Swiss astronomer Fritz Zwicky first theorized the existence of dark matter, a form of matter that is invisible to the human eye and does not emit light or energy. Despite being undetectable, it is estimated to make up approximately one-fourth of the universe's mass. Researchers have proposed its existence based on the gravitational pull it exerts on other visible matter.

A new study suggests that the extreme mass of primordial black holes, which make up dark matter, is causing Mars' orbit to deviate slightly due to close encounters of a primordial kind.

MIT physicists backed up their theory with a Mars' orbit simulation that aligned with their proposal.

These primordial black holes could cause a wobble in Mars' orbit once every decade during its zooms through the solar system, according to the researchers' theory.

Thanks to advancements in telemetry, astronomers can detect planetary wobbles by measuring the distance between planets.

"David Kaiser, a physics professor and co-author, stated, "We are utilizing this highly instrumented region of space to search for a minute effect. If we detect it, it would provide a valid reason to continue pursuing the idea that all of dark matter is composed of black holes that were formed in the first second after the Big Bang and have been traveling around the universe for 14 billion years.""