Astronomers say they may have identified a new kind of cosmic object that looks like a giant star but produces energy at levels associated with a black hole. Called a “black hole star”, the object is roughly the size of the solar system and was spotted in images from Nasa’s James Webb Space Telescope.
The object, known as MoM-BH-1 *, sits in the constellation Cetus, or the Whale, billions of light years from Earth. Researchers believe it existed about 660 million years after the Big Bang, offering a glimpse into the early universe.
