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NASA’s James Webb Telescope reveals supermassive black holes forming far earlier than expected, raising questions about primordial origins

Supermassive black holes discovered by the James Webb Space Telescope in the early universe challenge traditional formation ...
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Are 'little red dots' seen by the James Webb Space Telescope actually elusive 'black hole stars'?

The mystery of the James Webb Space Telescope's "little red dots" could be solved if they are not ancient galaxies but are ...
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A Single, ‘Naked’ Black Hole Rewrites the History of the Universe

The James Webb Space Telescope has found a lonely black hole in the early universe that’s as heavy as 50 million suns. A ...
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Astronomers finally find elusive, dust-shrouded supermassive black holes at ‘Cosmic Dawn’

Using the James Webb Space Telescope and the Subaru Telescope in powerful tandem, scientists have discovered the first ...

James Webb Space Telescope captures evidence of black hole birth via direct collapse

The James Webb Space Telescope has observed the Infinity Galaxy, a unique cosmic structure formed by colliding galaxies. At its center, astronomers ha ...

Are mysterious little red dots spotted by James Webb actually secret black hole stars? Here’s what scientists say

Astronomers first thought these red dots were ancient galaxies. They appeared unusually mature for their early universe age.

This Supermassive Black Hole is Mysteriously Missing Its Galaxy

Most supermassive black holes lurk in the nuclei of galaxies, surrounded by stars and glowing with haloes of superhot matter, ...

Strange red dots in the early universe may be new kind of space object

When the "little red dots" were first discovered in 2022, scientists thought the objects might be galaxies as mature as the Milky Way, which is about 13.6 billion years old. That's because galaxies ...

NASA's James Webb Telescope Discovers Strange Red Dots: Challenging Cosmic Understanding, Possibly New Type of Black Hole Star

The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has discovered some peculiar red dots that challenge our understanding of the universe and may ...

NASA's Webb Space Telescope just found strange red dots that shouldn’t exist

Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope have uncovered mysterious “little red dots” that may not be galaxies at all, but a whole new type of object: black hole stars. These fiery spheres, ...

James Webb Space Telescope detects ‘little red dots’: What are black hole stars

Astronomers theorise that they are early galaxies that existed earlier than 700 million years after the Big Bang.

The ‘Little Red Dots’ Discovered by the James Webb Space Telescope Are Actually Mysterious ‘Black Hole Stars’?

(Main image) Theoretical illustration of a 'black hole star' (Illustration) JWST (Image credit: T. Müller/A. de Graaff/Max Planck Institute for Astronomy) ...