{
  "id": 873318,
  "title": "JWST spots a bizarre “black hole star” 100 billion times brighter than a star",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/13/jwst-spots-a-bizarre-black-hole-star-100-billion-times-brighter-than",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-08-13T13:03:55.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "ScienceDaily",
    "slug": "sciencedaily",
    "url": "https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/08/260813045538.htm"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope have discovered a bizarre object from just a few hundred million years after the Big Bang that looks like an enormous star but shines far too brightly to actually be one. The mysterious red object, dubbed a “black hole star,” may contain a black hole about 100,000 times the mass of the Sun wrapped inside a dense, star-like cocoon of hydrogen…",
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  "coverage": {
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    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "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."
}