Webb Telescope Little Red Dots Spark Debate Over Black Holes Versus Stars
When the James Webb Space Telescope began science operations in 2022, astronomers noticed freckles across almost every deep field: tiny, fiercely red points.
Rohan Naidu
Astronomers discover a new kind of cosmic object: a black hole star
Astronomers using NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope have identified a strange red object in the constellation of Cetus as a newly discovered class of cosmic body: a black hole star. Captured in early data from the universe, the object is roughly the size of the solar system and outshines normal stars by 100 billion times. … Read more