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Black holes or black hole stars? astronomers spar over webb telescope's mysterious discoveries
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Black holes or black hole stars? astronomers spar over webb telescope's mysterious discoveries

The James Webb Space Telescope has spotted mysterious objects called 'little red dots' scattered throughout the early universe, and astronomers are locked in heated debate about what they actually are. Initially, researchers thought these blindingly bright, tiny points of red light were distant galaxies, but that didn't fit with how quickly they would have had to grow. Now two teams have proposed something entirely new - that Webb is witnessing the births of supermassive black holes hidden inside colossal stars, which they're calling 'black hole stars.' The discovery has sparked a flurry of follow-up research and polarized the field, with some astronomers enthusiastically embracing this bold interpretation while others remain skeptical about whether these objects truly represent a fundamentally new phenomenon.
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