'Black Hole Stars'—Webb Finds Strongest Evidence Yet

James Webb Space Telescope finds evidence the mysterious 'little red dots' are black hole stars

Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope may be close to solving the mystery of "little red dots" in the early universe, finding evidence one is a black hole star.

'Black hole stars'—Webb finds strongest evidence yet

The complex puzzle known as little red dots has become more complete since their initial discovery by NASA's James Webb Space Telescope in 2022. Now a particular little red dot's spectrum is helping connect many of the pieces.

UT Astronomers Find Strongest Evidence Yet for ‘Black Hole Stars’

The complex puzzle known as little red dots has become more complete since their initial discovery by NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope in 2022. Now a particular little red dot’s spectrum is helping connect many of the pieces. A team of astronomers led by Vasily Kokorev at the University of Texas at Austin identified the lucky dot in question: GLIMPSE-17775. By carefully analyzing the dot’s spectrum captured by Webb — the deepest spectrum to dat…

Strongest Evidence Yet for "Black Hole Stars” | James Webb Space Telescope

Strongest Evidence Yet for "Black Hole Stars” | James Webb Space TelescopeA field of galaxies against the black background of space. In the centre is a bright-white elliptical galaxy that is the core of the Abell S1063 galaxy cluster. Around the core are short, curved red lines, which are distant background galaxies magnified and warped by gravitational lensing. A couple of foreground stars appear large and bright with Webb’s signature eight-poi…

NASA Webb Finds Strongest Evidence Yet for ‘Black Hole Stars’ - NASA Science

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