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| Latest from Space.com | FARTHEST 'BLACK HOLE STAR' EVER FOUND COULD HELP SOLVE THE JAMES WEBB SPACE TELESCOPE'S LITTLE RED DOT MYSTERY | 2 hrs ago |
According to Space.com, astronomers have identified the farthest ‘black hole star’ yet discovered. The object, located billions of light‑years away, provides strong evidence that black holes reside at the centers of the mysterious little red dots detected by the James Webb Space Telescope shortly after the Big Bang.
The Space.com report notes that the new black hole star is the most distant of its kind identified to date, strengthening the hypothesis that the little red dots—tiny, dim galaxies observed by JWST—may owe their luminosity to central black holes. While the article does not disclose specific measurements or author names, it emphasizes the significance of linking black hole activity to early‑universe galaxy formation.
Little red dots are among the earliest structures observed by JWST, and their origins are a key question in cosmology. Establishing that black holes sit at their cores could clarify how galaxies grew in the first few hundred million years after the Big Bang.