{"ok":true,"article":{"slug":"mirage-or-miracle-jwst-finds-earliest-known-black-hole-star-at-cosmic-dawn-af2c2ca5","title":"Mirage or miracle? JWST finds earliest known 'black hole star' at cosmic dawn","url":"https://phys.org/news/2026-08-mirage-miracle-jwst-earliest-black.html","canonical":"https://www.aimode.news/article/mirage-or-miracle-jwst-finds-earliest-known-black-hole-star-at-cosmic-dawn-af2c2ca5","sourceName":"Phys.org","summary":"Little red dots have puzzled astronomers since their discovery in James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) data from the universe's deep past. Their \"powering engines\" might resemble a newly discovered phenomenon dubbed a \"black hole star\"—an early, rapidly growing black hole wrapped in dense gas. This object, described in a study published today in Nature by researchers at the Institute of Science and Technology Austria (ISTA) and international collaborators, may help explain how billion-solar-mass black holes formed so soon after the Big Bang.","category":"Science","image":null,"lang":"en","publishedAt":"2026-08-12T15:00:08+00:00","createdAt":"2026-08-12T15:30:17.270873+00:00"}}