{
  "id": 1554472,
  "title": "The JWST Little Red Dots Could Be 'Black Hole Stars'",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/17/the-jwst-little-red-dots-could-be-black-hole-stars",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-08-17T19:35:53.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Universe Today",
    "slug": "universe-today",
    "url": "https://www.universetoday.com/articles/the-jwst-little-red-dots-could-be-black-hole-stars"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Little red dots have puzzled astronomers since their discovery in JWST data from the Universe’s deep past. Their ‘powering engines’ might resemble a newly discovered phenomenon dubbed a “black hole star”—an early, rapidly growing black hole wrapped in dense gas. This object, described in a study published today in Nature by researchers at the Institute of Science and Technology Austria (ISTA) and…",
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  "coverage": {
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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."
}