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Astronomers discover a brand-new type of astrophysical object: A black hole star
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Paul Giulan federate.social pgiulan@federate.social
Joined: 2022-12-16
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Link: https://news.mit.edu/2026/astronomers-discover-brand-new-type-astrophysical-object-black-hole-star-0812

Astronomers discover a brand-new type of astrophysical object: A black hole starnews.mit.edu/2026/astronomers-@astronomy #astronomy #space #science
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SolarPunker slrpnk.net SolarPunker@slrpnk.net
Joined: 2024-01-21
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Were these monsters only possibile in the early universe?
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kersploosh sh.itjust.works kersploosh@sh.itjust.works
Joined: 2023-06-09
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Black hole sun
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ColeSloth discuss.tchncs.de ColeSloth@discuss.tchncs.de
Joined: 2023-08-18
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kersploosh wrote:
Black hole sun

Yeah. We need to get everyone on board with this before those couple of science nerds get to have their lame name attached.
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kersploosh sh.itjust.works kersploosh@sh.itjust.works
Joined: 2023-06-09
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ColeSloth wrote:
Yeah. We need to get everyone on board with this before those couple of science nerds get to have their lame name attached.

I hereby declare that the proper scientific name for a black hole sun is a Cornell.
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WitchKnight lemmy.blahaj.zone WitchKnight@lemmy.blahaj.zone
Joined: 2026-07-05
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kersploosh wrote:
Black hole sun

Won't you come
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d0ntpan1c lemmy.blahaj.zone d0ntpan1c@lemmy.blahaj.zone
Joined: 2023-06-10
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SolarPunker wrote:
Were these monsters only possibile in the early universe?

Yes. There are a ton of factors at play, but the universe was quite a bit different early on. The cores would collapse into a black hole, but the star was still so big that the outer parts become a sort of cocoon around the black hole.

They aren't really "stars" since the core (a black hole) isn't doing fusion, but they would appear very star-like if you hung out near one.
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d0ntpan1c lemmy.blahaj.zone d0ntpan1c@lemmy.blahaj.zone
Joined: 2023-06-10
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Speculation: these objects may help explain why JWST is finding galaxies much further along in development than we expected early on in the universe.
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prettybunnys piefed.social prettybunnys@piefed.social
Joined: 2025-06-10
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kersploosh wrote:
I hereby declare that the proper scientific name for a black hole sun is a Cornell.

I’m gonna be really fucking upset if this isn’t the name adopted universally.
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