▲ 52 ▼ Astronomers discover a brand-new type of astrophysical object: A black hole star (federate.social) submitted 2 months ago by pgiulan@federate.social to c/astronomy@mander.xyz 8 comments fedilink hide all child comments Astronomers discover a brand-new type of astrophysical object: A black hole starnews.mit.edu/2026/astronomers-@astronomy #astronomy #space #science
[–] SolarPunker@slrpnk.net 5 points 2 months ago (1 child) Were these monsters only possibile in the early universe? permalink fedilink source hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] d0ntpan1c@lemmy.blahaj.zone 10 points 2 months ago 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. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] d0ntpan1c@lemmy.blahaj.zone 10 points 2 months ago 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. permalink fedilink source parent