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Black hole sun
Yeah. We need to get everyone on board with this before those couple of science nerds get to have their lame name attached.
I hereby declare that the proper scientific name for a black hole sun is a Cornell.
I’m gonna be really fucking upset if this isn’t the name adopted universally.
Won't you come
Were these monsters only possibile in the early universe?
Yes. There are a ton of factors at play, but the universe was quite a bit different early on. The cores would collapse into a black hole, but the star was still so big that the outer parts become a sort of cocoon around the black hole.
They aren't really "stars" since the core (a black hole) isn't doing fusion, but they would appear very star-like if you hung out near one.
Speculation: these objects may help explain why JWST is finding galaxies much further along in development than we expected early on in the universe.
this post was submitted on 17 Aug 2026
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