James Webb Spots a 'Black Hole Star,' a Bizarre New Cosmic Object Unlike Anything Known
JWST data and spectral modeling suggest the source is a black hole wrapped in dense hydrogen, with a black hole mass of 1 million to 10 million solar masses.
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James Webb spots a 'black hole star,' a bizarre new cosmic object unlike anything known
Astronomers analyzing data from the James Webb Space Telescope may have found a "black hole star." According to Futurism, it's a bright, star-like body whose light is driven by a black hole consuming material at its center rather than by fusion. Researchers have labeled the object MoM-BH*-1, and they said it does not match any category they have previously confirmed. NEWS : Astronomers have discovered an entirely new type of cosmic object called…
The "James Webb" telescope shows mysterious red dots virtually everywhere in space. One of them is surrounded by an extremely dense gas shell. Is it a black hole star?
Astronomers reported a new kind of cosmic object in Nature on 12 August 2026: a “black hole star” roughly the scale of a solar system, whose star-like envelope is powered not by nuclear fusion but by a feeding black hole. The discovery may finally explain the hundreds of mysterious Little Red Dots JWST has been finding throughout the early universe.
On 12 August 2026, astronomers reported something in Nature that sounds almost too theatrical to be useful science: a “black hole star.” It is not a conventional star, and nobody has watched a black hole replace a stellar core. It is a young massive black hole apparently wrapped in such a dense, extended envelope of hydrogen that the whole system develops some of the spectral features of a gigantic star. The object is called MoM-BH*-1. We see it…
A black hole in the early universe appears to be in a huge gas envelope. It has properties that astronomers have not yet known – they call it "Black Hole Star".
The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) detected an intriguing cosmic entity, described as a black hole star, which has dimensions comparable to those of our Solar System. This finding, located in the primitive universe, represents a significant challenge for current theories on the formation and evolution of galaxies and supermassive black holes. The observation was [...]
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