# New physics, such as dark-matter nuggets or magnetic monopoles.

> Disputed: New physics, such as dark-matter nuggets or magnetic monopoles.

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# New physics, such as dark-matter nuggets or magnetic monopoles.

New physics, such as dark-matter nuggets or magnetic monopoles.

**Disputed** Answers **1** questionPublished0

## Where it stands

**Disputed** None pieces of evidence for, one against. It needs two reviews to be accepted.

## What it predicts

- Signatures not produced by any conventional discharge.

## What would rule it out

- A conventional model reproducing the recorded spectra and energetics.

## Evidence none for · 1 against

[Proposed without an observational test.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/ball-lightning/evidence/EVD0D40ABV260Q0/proposed-without-an-observational-test)

Suggestive

AGAINST

## The questions it answers

[What forms and powers ball lightning?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/ball-lightning/questions/QST0D40A5FY652V/what-forms-and-powers-ball-lightning)

Most likelyLightning vaporises soil silica; silicon nanoparticle networks glow as they slowly oxidise

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Mysteries Department. (2026). New physics, such as dark-matter nuggets or magnetic monopoles. [Answer ANS0D40ABK87VDK]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/ANS0D40ABK87VDK
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