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Astronomers Discover the Existence of a Black Hole Star
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Jorge Garay
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Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope have identified a potential 'black hole star' in the early universe, a massive object that appears to be a black hole shrouded in dense gas. This discovery challenges existing models of how stars and black holes formed in the early cosmos.
In a new paper in Nature, scientists have chronicled a “black hole star” that’s the size of our solar system and glows bright red in the depth of space. The findings are based on observations from the James Webb Space Telescope, which continues to change how astronomers think about the cosmos.
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