38
submitted 3 weeks ago by Sibbo@sopuli.xyz to c/astronomy@mander.xyz

See also Wikipedia. Apparently this is the first time a candidate for an object like this was discovered.

all 5 comments
sorted by: hot top new old

Huh. Might one call this a black hole sun, perhaps?

[-] BarticusR@lemmy.world 12 points 3 weeks ago

Does it wash away the rain?

[-] MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip 4 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Computer simulations showed that rather than being an enormous star powered by nuclear fusion, the object is a black hole so swaddled in shrouds of dense gas that it radiates like a star.

If the astronomers are correct, it suggests that scores of other mysterious Little Red Dots, or LRDs, that appear in nearly every deep space image from the James Webb space telescope are also black hole stars.

Naidu suspects that black hole stars play a major role in the evolution of galaxies. They might be the seeds of present-day supermassive black holes, such as the one at the centre of the Milky Way.

Also, punctuation is hard, huh?

[-] kazerniel@piefed.world 3 points 3 weeks ago

fascinating!

this post was submitted on 23 Aug 2026
38 points (100.0% liked)

Astronomy

7157 readers
26 users here now

A community for sharing astronomy-related news, content, research, photographs, etc.

When sharing photographs and articles, please make an effort to include source URLs.

founded 4 years ago
MODERATORS