Scientists Discover Rare One in a Billion Black Hole Star
The object’s black hole releases 100 billion times more energy than any known star, while a thick gas shell hides its x-rays.
- Astronomers utilizing the James Webb Space Telescope discovered a bizarre cosmic object during the Mirage or Miracle survey, dubbed MoM-BH and appearing to be a rare black hole star.
- Hundreds of unexplained "Little Red Dots" spotted by the James Webb Space Telescope prompted investigation, as theories regarding black hole stars were hypothesized nearly two decades ago.
- MoM-BH is 100,000 times the mass of the Sun and emits 100 billion times more energy than any known star, having formed less than 700 million years after the Big Bang.
- Study author Rohan Naidu, an astrophysicist at MIT, described the object as "one in a billion." If confirmed, the discovery suggests other LRDs observed by the James Webb Space Telescope are also black hole stars.
- Starting in December, Naidu and his team will use the James Webb Space Telescope to investigate MoM-BH's actual size and atmospheric composition, as detailed in a new study published in Nature.
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Astronomers say they have discovered a new type of cosmic object - a black hole-star that is the size of the solar system and shines with a bright red light, reports The Guardian.
Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope have detected a new type of astronomical object. It looks like a star the size of our Solar System, but it emits 100 billion times more energy than any normal star. Researchers believe that behind its star-like appearance lies a black hole surrounded by dense gas and with a mass of about 100,000 Suns.
Astronomers Uncover Hybrid Black Hole Star That Rewrites Early Universe Story
Astronomers have identified an object that defies every familiar category in the cosmos. Part black hole. Part star. The discovery, announced this week, comes from observations made with NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope. It challenges assumptions about how the first supermassive black holes formed so quickly after the Big Bang. The object goes by the name MoM-BH*-1. Researchers spotted it during a survey called Mirage or Miracle. That survey hu…
Scientists discover rare one in a billion black hole star
There is a literal fault in our stars. Astronomers may have stumbled onto a bizarre cosmic object that appears to be part black hole, part star, and is so ridiculously energetic that it outshines its entire galaxy. The object, called MoM-BH*-1, was discovered accidentally by the James Webb Space Telescope while astronomers were hunting for some of the oldest and most distant galaxies in the universe. Instead, they found a cosmic chimera. Meet th…
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 star.” The glowing red object, dubbed MoM-BH*-1, is 100,000 times more massive than our Sun and is trapped in a shell of gas so thick that it looks like a star the size of the entire solar system. But unlike an actual star, it’s not fusion powering its center, but a black hole constantly devouring matter. As detailed in a new study ab…
It is as big as our entire solar system – and shines 100 billion times brighter than a regular star.
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