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  1. 🎵 "Black hole star, there you are..." 🎶

    Astronomers discover a brand-new type of astrophysical object: A black hole star

    The mashup of a black hole and an enormous star has never been seen before and could explain the mysterious little red dots often found in deep-space images.

    Jennifer Chu | MIT News
    Publication Date: August 12, 2026

    "Astronomers at MIT and elsewhere have spotted an extremely bright red spot in the early universe. The object resembles an enormous star, spanning the size of our solar system. But it also is putting out 100 billion times more energy than any known star can physically produce. In fact, such energies are closer to what a black hole might generate.

    "The curious combination suggests that the red spot is an entirely new type of astrophysical source. The astronomers are calling it a 'black hole star.'

    "In a paper appearing today in the journal Nature, the team presents their analysis of the new object, which they discovered using NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope (JWST). The telescope spotted the bright red dot in the very early universe, just a few hundred million years after the Big Bang.

    "The scientists conclude that the most likely explanation for the strange red dot is that it is a mashup of a black hole and a star — a combination that has never been observed until now. The object is likely a hugely dense cloud of gas, powered not by standard nuclear fusion, but by a central black hole."

    Read more:
    news.mit.edu/2026/astronomers-

    #Astronomy #BlackHoleStar #BlackHoles #RedDots #Astrophysics

  2. 🎵 "Black hole star, there you are..." 🎶

    Astronomers discover a brand-new type of astrophysical object: A black hole star

    The mashup of a black hole and an enormous star has never been seen before and could explain the mysterious little red dots often found in deep-space images.

    Jennifer Chu | MIT News
    Publication Date: August 12, 2026

    "Astronomers at MIT and elsewhere have spotted an extremely bright red spot in the early universe. The object resembles an enormous star, spanning the size of our solar system. But it also is putting out 100 billion times more energy than any known star can physically produce. In fact, such energies are closer to what a black hole might generate.

    "The curious combination suggests that the red spot is an entirely new type of astrophysical source. The astronomers are calling it a 'black hole star.'

    "In a paper appearing today in the journal Nature, the team presents their analysis of the new object, which they discovered using NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope (JWST). The telescope spotted the bright red dot in the very early universe, just a few hundred million years after the Big Bang.

    "The scientists conclude that the most likely explanation for the strange red dot is that it is a mashup of a black hole and a star — a combination that has never been observed until now. The object is likely a hugely dense cloud of gas, powered not by standard nuclear fusion, but by a central black hole."

    Read more:
    news.mit.edu/2026/astronomers-

    #Astronomy #BlackHoleStar #BlackHoles #RedDots #Astrophysics

  3. 🎵 "Black hole star, there you are..." 🎶

    Astronomers discover a brand-new type of astrophysical object: A black hole star

    The mashup of a black hole and an enormous star has never been seen before and could explain the mysterious little red dots often found in deep-space images.

    Jennifer Chu | MIT News
    Publication Date: August 12, 2026

    "Astronomers at MIT and elsewhere have spotted an extremely bright red spot in the early universe. The object resembles an enormous star, spanning the size of our solar system. But it also is putting out 100 billion times more energy than any known star can physically produce. In fact, such energies are closer to what a black hole might generate.

    "The curious combination suggests that the red spot is an entirely new type of astrophysical source. The astronomers are calling it a 'black hole star.'

    "In a paper appearing today in the journal Nature, the team presents their analysis of the new object, which they discovered using NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope (JWST). The telescope spotted the bright red dot in the very early universe, just a few hundred million years after the Big Bang.

    "The scientists conclude that the most likely explanation for the strange red dot is that it is a mashup of a black hole and a star — a combination that has never been observed until now. The object is likely a hugely dense cloud of gas, powered not by standard nuclear fusion, but by a central black hole."

    Read more:
    news.mit.edu/2026/astronomers-

    #Astronomy #BlackHoleStar #BlackHoles #RedDots #Astrophysics

  4. 🎵 "Black hole star, there you are..." 🎶

    Astronomers discover a brand-new type of astrophysical object: A black hole star

    The mashup of a black hole and an enormous star has never been seen before and could explain the mysterious little red dots often found in deep-space images.

    Jennifer Chu | MIT News
    Publication Date: August 12, 2026

    "Astronomers at MIT and elsewhere have spotted an extremely bright red spot in the early universe. The object resembles an enormous star, spanning the size of our solar system. But it also is putting out 100 billion times more energy than any known star can physically produce. In fact, such energies are closer to what a black hole might generate.

    "The curious combination suggests that the red spot is an entirely new type of astrophysical source. The astronomers are calling it a 'black hole star.'

    "In a paper appearing today in the journal Nature, the team presents their analysis of the new object, which they discovered using NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope (JWST). The telescope spotted the bright red dot in the very early universe, just a few hundred million years after the Big Bang.

    "The scientists conclude that the most likely explanation for the strange red dot is that it is a mashup of a black hole and a star — a combination that has never been observed until now. The object is likely a hugely dense cloud of gas, powered not by standard nuclear fusion, but by a central black hole."

    Read more:
    news.mit.edu/2026/astronomers-

    #Astronomy #BlackHoleStar #BlackHoles #RedDots #Astrophysics

  5. 🎵 "Black hole star, there you are..." 🎶

    Astronomers discover a brand-new type of astrophysical object: A black hole star

    The mashup of a black hole and an enormous star has never been seen before and could explain the mysterious little red dots often found in deep-space images.

    Jennifer Chu | MIT News
    Publication Date: August 12, 2026

    "Astronomers at MIT and elsewhere have spotted an extremely bright red spot in the early universe. The object resembles an enormous star, spanning the size of our solar system. But it also is putting out 100 billion times more energy than any known star can physically produce. In fact, such energies are closer to what a black hole might generate.

    "The curious combination suggests that the red spot is an entirely new type of astrophysical source. The astronomers are calling it a 'black hole star.'

    "In a paper appearing today in the journal Nature, the team presents their analysis of the new object, which they discovered using NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope (JWST). The telescope spotted the bright red dot in the very early universe, just a few hundred million years after the Big Bang.

    "The scientists conclude that the most likely explanation for the strange red dot is that it is a mashup of a black hole and a star — a combination that has never been observed until now. The object is likely a hugely dense cloud of gas, powered not by standard nuclear fusion, but by a central black hole."

    Read more:
    news.mit.edu/2026/astronomers-

    #Astronomy #BlackHoleStar #BlackHoles #RedDots #Astrophysics

  6. Things in the Universe that make you go Hmmmm!

    Astronomers spot a new object. It appears to be a star as big as our solar system emitting 100 billion times more energy than any known star can physically produce?

    Is this a "black hole star" MIT astronomers are asking .... Scientists indicate the most likely explanation for this strange new red dot is that it is a mashup of a black hole and a star. phys.org/news/2026-08-black-ho
    #Astrophysics #MIT #Astronomy #Universe #Stars #BlackHoles #BlackHoleStar #NASA #JamesWebbSpaceTelescope #JWST #SpaceTelescope #Astronomers

  7. Things in the Universe that make you go Hmmmm!

    Astronomers spot a new object. It appears to be a star as big as our solar system emitting 100 billion times more energy than any known star can physically produce?

    Is this a "black hole star" MIT astronomers are asking .... Scientists indicate the most likely explanation for this strange new red dot is that it is a mashup of a black hole and a star. phys.org/news/2026-08-black-ho
    #Astrophysics #MIT #Astronomy #Universe #Stars #BlackHoles #BlackHoleStar #NASA #JamesWebbSpaceTelescope #JWST #SpaceTelescope #Astronomers

  8. Things in the Universe that make you go Hmmmm!

    Astronomers spot a new object. It appears to be a star as big as our solar system emitting 100 billion times more energy than any known star can physically produce?

    Is this a "black hole star" MIT astronomers are asking .... Scientists indicate the most likely explanation for this strange new red dot is that it is a mashup of a black hole and a star. phys.org/news/2026-08-black-ho
    #Astrophysics #MIT #Astronomy #Universe #Stars #BlackHoles #BlackHoleStar #NASA #JamesWebbSpaceTelescope #JWST #SpaceTelescope #Astronomers

  9. Things in the Universe that make you go Hmmmm!

    Astronomers spot a new object. It appears to be a star as big as our solar system emitting 100 billion times more energy than any known star can physically produce?

    Is this a "black hole star" MIT astronomers are asking .... Scientists indicate the most likely explanation for this strange new red dot is that it is a mashup of a black hole and a star. phys.org/news/2026-08-black-ho
    #Astrophysics #MIT #Astronomy #Universe #Stars #BlackHoles #BlackHoleStar #NASA #JamesWebbSpaceTelescope #JWST #SpaceTelescope #Astronomers

  10. Things in the Universe that make you go Hmmmm!

    Astronomers spot a new object. It appears to be a star as big as our solar system emitting 100 billion times more energy than any known star can physically produce?

    Is this a "black hole star" MIT astronomers are asking .... Scientists indicate the most likely explanation for this strange new red dot is that it is a mashup of a black hole and a star. phys.org/news/2026-08-black-ho

  11. There's more out there than we will ever know.

    Astronomers claim to have discovered a new kind of cosmic object, a black hole “star”, which is the size of the entire solar system and glows with a brilliant red light.

    The international team made the breakthrough after focusing their attention on a mysterious red spot in images of the early universe captured by Nasa’s James Webb space telescope.

    #astronomy #blackholestar #JamesWebbSpaceTelescope #astronomynews

    Astronomers discover a new kind of cosmic object – a black hole ‘star’
    theguardian.com/science/2026/a

  12. There's more out there than we will ever know.

    Astronomers claim to have discovered a new kind of cosmic object, a black hole “star”, which is the size of the entire solar system and glows with a brilliant red light.

    The international team made the breakthrough after focusing their attention on a mysterious red spot in images of the early universe captured by Nasa’s James Webb space telescope.

    #astronomy #blackholestar #JamesWebbSpaceTelescope #astronomynews

    Astronomers discover a new kind of cosmic object – a black hole ‘star’
    theguardian.com/science/2026/a

  13. Astronomers Discover an Entirely New Type of Object: a “Black Hole Star”

    Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope have discovered a new type of cosmic monstrosity: a “black hole…
    #NewsBeep #News #Space #BlackHole #blackholestar #Science #supermassiveblackhole #UK #UnitedKingdom
    newsbeep.com/uk/739000/

  14. That would be a 'yes!'

    This stuff is going on in the first billion years of the Universe, when things were very different. Exciting!

    #Astrodon #Astronomy #BlackHoleStar

  15. That would be a 'yes!'

    This stuff is going on in the first billion years of the Universe, when things were very different. Exciting!

    #Astrodon #Astronomy #BlackHoleStar

  16. That would be a 'yes!'

    This stuff is going on in the first billion years of the Universe, when things were very different. Exciting!

    #Astrodon #Astronomy #BlackHoleStar

  17. That would be a 'yes!'

    This stuff is going on in the first billion years of the Universe, when things were very different. Exciting!

    #Astrodon #Astronomy #BlackHoleStar

  18. That would be a 'yes!'

    This stuff is going on in the first billion years of the Universe, when things were very different. Exciting!

    #Astrodon #Astronomy #BlackHoleStar

  19. ooo, something freakish and mind-bending at the 'edge' of the Universe. :catjam:

    Is this what came before the Super Massive Black Holes that hold our galaxies together?

    theguardian.com/science/2026/a

    #Astrodon #Space #Astronomy #BlackHoleStar

  20. ooo, something freakish and mind-bending at the 'edge' of the Universe. :catjam:

    Is this what came before the Super Massive Black Holes that hold our galaxies together?

    theguardian.com/science/2026/a

    #Astrodon #Space #Astronomy #BlackHoleStar

  21. ooo, something freakish and mind-bending at the 'edge' of the Universe. :catjam:

    Is this what came before the Super Massive Black Holes that hold our galaxies together?

    theguardian.com/science/2026/a

    #Astrodon #Space #Astronomy #BlackHoleStar

  22. ooo, something freakish and mind-bending at the 'edge' of the Universe. :catjam:

    Is this what came before the Super Massive Black Holes that hold our galaxies together?

    theguardian.com/science/2026/a

    #Astrodon #Space #Astronomy #BlackHoleStar

  23. ooo, something freakish and mind-bending at the 'edge' of the Universe. :catjam:

    Is this what came before the Super Massive Black Holes that hold our galaxies together?

    theguardian.com/science/2026/a

    #Astrodon #Space #Astronomy #BlackHoleStar

  24. The team identified several lines of evidence in the JWST observations that indicate "little red dot" GLIMPSE-17775 is indeed a black hole star.

    When we saw the spectrum for the first time, it was like having all the pieces of a puzzle scattered on the floor. We picked up each piece of the puzzle, measured the lines, and started combining the different pieces into a mosaic. Maybe a few pieces looked like nothing at first, but then a couple of them came together, and we realized that there was something there.

    Because GLIMPSE-17775 is surrounded by a massive host galaxy, the "Balmer Break" is weaker in this aspect... thur the additional of team's data:

    Everything fits, nothing is broken, and I think that makes the puzzle that is our universe even better. Looking ahead, I’m eager to dive deeper and learn about what is powering the central engines of little red dots. While we think it’s a black hole, there are some other interesting theories being proposed, which is exciting. Maybe in a year or two, we’ll have the final answer to what powers these sources.

    James Webb Space Telescope finds evidence the mysterious 'little red dots' are black hole stars

    #PopulationIII #GLIMPSE17775 #RedDots #BlackHoleStar #SuperEddingtonAccretion #AbellS1063 #JWST #Space #Science #Galaxy #BigBang #IronForest #GravitationalLens #SpectralSignature

  25. The team identified several lines of evidence in the JWST observations that indicate "little red dot" GLIMPSE-17775 is indeed a black hole star.

    When we saw the spectrum for the first time, it was like having all the pieces of a puzzle scattered on the floor. We picked up each piece of the puzzle, measured the lines, and started combining the different pieces into a mosaic. Maybe a few pieces looked like nothing at first, but then a couple of them came together, and we realized that there was something there.

    Because GLIMPSE-17775 is surrounded by a massive host galaxy, the "Balmer Break" is weaker in this aspect... thur the additional of team's data:

    Everything fits, nothing is broken, and I think that makes the puzzle that is our universe even better. Looking ahead, I’m eager to dive deeper and learn about what is powering the central engines of little red dots. While we think it’s a black hole, there are some other interesting theories being proposed, which is exciting. Maybe in a year or two, we’ll have the final answer to what powers these sources.

    James Webb Space Telescope finds evidence the mysterious 'little red dots' are black hole stars

    #PopulationIII #GLIMPSE-17775 #RedDots #BlackHoleStar #Super-EddingtonAccretion #AbellS1063 #JWST #Space #Science #Galaxy #BigBang #IronForest #GravitationalLens #SpectralSignature

  26. The team identified several lines of evidence in the JWST observations that indicate "little red dot" GLIMPSE-17775 is indeed a black hole star.

    When we saw the spectrum for the first time, it was like having all the pieces of a puzzle scattered on the floor. We picked up each piece of the puzzle, measured the lines, and started combining the different pieces into a mosaic. Maybe a few pieces looked like nothing at first, but then a couple of them came together, and we realized that there was something there.

    Because GLIMPSE-17775 is surrounded by a massive host galaxy, the "Balmer Break" is weaker in this aspect... thur the additional of team's data:

    Everything fits, nothing is broken, and I think that makes the puzzle that is our universe even better. Looking ahead, I’m eager to dive deeper and learn about what is powering the central engines of little red dots. While we think it’s a black hole, there are some other interesting theories being proposed, which is exciting. Maybe in a year or two, we’ll have the final answer to what powers these sources.

    James Webb Space Telescope finds evidence the mysterious 'little red dots' are black hole stars

    #PopulationIII #GLIMPSE17775 #RedDots #BlackHoleStar #SuperEddingtonAccretion #AbellS1063 #JWST #Space #Science #Galaxy #BigBang #IronForest #GravitationalLens #SpectralSignature

  27. The team identified several lines of evidence in the JWST observations that indicate "little red dot" GLIMPSE-17775 is indeed a black hole star.

    When we saw the spectrum for the first time, it was like having all the pieces of a puzzle scattered on the floor. We picked up each piece of the puzzle, measured the lines, and started combining the different pieces into a mosaic. Maybe a few pieces looked like nothing at first, but then a couple of them came together, and we realized that there was something there.

    Because GLIMPSE-17775 is surrounded by a massive host galaxy, the "Balmer Break" is weaker in this aspect... thur the additional of team's data:

    Everything fits, nothing is broken, and I think that makes the puzzle that is our universe even better. Looking ahead, I’m eager to dive deeper and learn about what is powering the central engines of little red dots. While we think it’s a black hole, there are some other interesting theories being proposed, which is exciting. Maybe in a year or two, we’ll have the final answer to what powers these sources.

    James Webb Space Telescope finds evidence the mysterious 'little red dots' are black hole stars

    #PopulationIII #GLIMPSE17775 #RedDots #BlackHoleStar #SuperEddingtonAccretion #AbellS1063 #JWST #Space #Science #Galaxy #BigBang #IronForest #GravitationalLens #SpectralSignature

  28. The team identified several lines of evidence in the JWST observations that indicate "little red dot" GLIMPSE-17775 is indeed a black hole star.

    When we saw the spectrum for the first time, it was like having all the pieces of a puzzle scattered on the floor. We picked up each piece of the puzzle, measured the lines, and started combining the different pieces into a mosaic. Maybe a few pieces looked like nothing at first, but then a couple of them came together, and we realized that there was something there.

    Because GLIMPSE-17775 is surrounded by a massive host galaxy, the "Balmer Break" is weaker in this aspect... thur the additional of team's data:

    Everything fits, nothing is broken, and I think that makes the puzzle that is our universe even better. Looking ahead, I’m eager to dive deeper and learn about what is powering the central engines of little red dots. While we think it’s a black hole, there are some other interesting theories being proposed, which is exciting. Maybe in a year or two, we’ll have the final answer to what powers these sources.

    James Webb Space Telescope finds evidence the mysterious 'little red dots' are black hole stars

    #PopulationIII #GLIMPSE17775 #RedDots #BlackHoleStar #SuperEddingtonAccretion #AbellS1063 #JWST #Space #Science #Galaxy #BigBang #IronForest #GravitationalLens #SpectralSignature