The JWST Little Red Dots Could Be 'Black Hole Stars'

The JWST Little Red Dots Could Be 'Black Hole Stars'

Little red dots have puzzled astronomers since their discovery in JWST data from the Universe’s deep past. Their ‘powering engines’ might resemble a newly discovered phenomenon dubbed a “black hole star”—an early, rapidly growing black hole wrapped in dense gas. This object, described in a study published today in Nature by researchers at the Institute of Science and Technology Austria (ISTA) and international collaborators, may help explain how…

Unusual black hole found at universe’s dawn presents dusty mystery to astronomers

An international team of astronomers has found an unusual object that may help explain what at least some of these red dots actually are: unusually young and rapidly growing black holes surrounded by an enormous amount of dense gas

Scientific Sensation: NASA Discovers a New Class of Objects – a Black Hole Star

Astronomers have stumbled upon a cosmic phenomenon potentially unknown to science, which has been dubbed a “black hole star.” NASA’s James Webb Space Observatory has detected an extremely bright, reddish object deep within the early universe, which is a giant gas shell with a black hole at its center. In terms of size, this structure […] Post Scientific Sensation: NASA Discovers a New Class of Objects – a Black Hole Star at Root-Nation.com.

Webb Finds a “Black Hole Star” in the Young Universe

Webb has identified MoM-BH*-1, a possible “black hole star” from the young universe. The discovery may explain the mysterious little red dots and how the first supermassive black holes grew so quickly. The post Webb Finds a “Black Hole Star” from the Young Universe—and It May Explain the Little Red Dots appeared first on Curiosmos.