Astronomy

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[–] ColeSloth@discuss.tchncs.de 9 points 2 months ago (2 children)

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 4 points 2 months ago (1 child)

I hereby declare that the proper scientific name for a black hole sun is a Cornell.

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[–] prettybunnys@piefed.social 1 point 2 months ago

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

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[–] WitchKnight@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 2 months ago

Won't you come

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[–] d0ntpan1c@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 2 months ago

Speculation: these objects may help explain why JWST is finding galaxies much further along in development than we expected early on in the universe.

[–] SolarPunker@slrpnk.net 5 points 2 months ago (1 child)

Were these monsters only possibile in the early universe?

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[–] 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.