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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Science
Ian Sample Science editor

Astronomers discover a new kind of cosmic object – a black hole ‘star’

A series of illuminated wavy red lines circling around a black dot
The black hole star, calculated to be more than 100,000 times larger than our sun. Illustration: Rohan Naidu, University of Hawai'i.

Astronomers claim to have discovered a new kind of cosmic object, a black hole “star”, which is the size of the entire solar system and glows with a brilliant red light.

The international team made the breakthrough after focusing their attention on a mysterious red spot in images of the early universe captured by Nasa’s James Webb space telescope.

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