For years, mysterious little red dots kept appearing in James Webb images of the early universe — astronomers now think one is a “black hole star,” a growing black hole hidden inside a star-like gas cocoon the size of the solar system
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Recent coverage highlighted the hypothesis that one of the long‑observed red dots represents a “black hole star,” a growing black hole concealed within a star‑like gas cocoon the size of the solar system, and reported JWST detections of black‑hole pairs and an object billions of times brighter than a typical star. Astronomers described the find as a new astrophysical object that may belong to a previously unknown class.
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Little Red Dots 2026 Nature · 59d ago
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