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Space•Aug 19, 2026

Astronomers May Have Found What 'Little Red Dots' Really Are

Astronomers have identified an unprecedented object dubbed a "black hole star," a black hole wrapped in gas dense enough to glow like a star, that may explain hundreds of mysterious "little red dots" JWST has spotted from the early universe. The find offers a possible explanation for how supermassive black holes grew so fast, though a rival team proposes a completely different explanation.

Space•Aug 13, 2026

Webb Finds Strong Evidence for a Black Hole Inside a Solar-System-Sized Gas Cloud

James Webb telescope spectra reveal an exceptionally red object 660 million years after the Big Bang whose light cannot be explained by an ordinary stellar population. A black hole inside dense, dust-poor gas fits the observations, potentially explaining some mysterious little red dots, but the conclusion rests on an idealized model of one source.

Space•Jul 20, 2026

A Black Hole Was Thrown Out of Its Galaxy. Scientists Have Reconstructed the Cosmic Kick

RBH-1 is racing through intergalactic space at about 954 kilometres per second, leaving a 200,000-light-year trail behind it. A new peer-reviewed analysis reconstructs the supermassive black-hole merger that may have delivered the extraordinary gravitational-wave kick.

Space•Jul 16, 2026

Webb Finds a Hidden Third Giant Planet in the Famous Beta Pictoris System

Astronomers found Beta Pictoris d inside a bright debris disk by identifying the chemical fingerprint of its atmosphere rather than relying on a conventional picture. The independently confirmed discovery turns a nearby young system into an unusually rich laboratory for studying how giant planets and planetary disks evolve together.