{
  "id": 1444335,
  "title": "Who is Rohan Naidu? Hyderabad-born MIT astronomer, Harvard student who led ‘Black Hole Star’ discovery",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/17/who-is-rohan-naidu-hyderabad-born-mit-astronomer-harvard-student-who",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-08-17T07:27:22.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Live Mint",
    "slug": "live-mint",
    "url": "https://www.livemint.com/news/india/who-is-rohan-naidu-hyderabad-born-mit-astronomer-harvard-student-who-led-black-hole-star-discovery-11786949304588.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Hyderabad-born MIT astronomer Rohan P. Naidu led the discovery of a mysterious object known as the \"Black Hole Star.\" Naidu is the lead author of a paper published in the journal Nature on August 12 that analyzes the discovery. The object, called MoM-BH*-1, is an extremely bright red spot in the early universe, resembling a star but being 100 billion times brighter. It spans the size of our solar system and emits energy levels similar to what a black hole might generate. The object, believed to be a fusion of a black hole and an enormous star, has never been observed before and could explain the mysterious \"little red dots\" often seen in deep-space images. This enigmatic red object existed just 660 million years after the Big Bang.",
  "summary": "Hyderabad-born Rohan Naidu led the discovery of the mysterious, strange object that astronomers now call 'Black Hole Star.' He was a Harvard student and had dropped out of engineer school at 18. Here's all you need to know about him.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Phys.org",
        "title": "Black hole star: Astronomers discover a brand-new type of astrophysical object",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/16/black-hole-star-astronomers-discover-a-brand-new-type-of",
        "published": "2026-08-16T11:00:01.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}