{
  "id": 888574,
  "title": "Astronomers Peered at the Early Universe and May Have Discovered a New Kind of Celestial Object: Black Hole Stars",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/14/astronomers-peered-at-the-early-universe-and-may-have-discovered-a",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-08-14T15:47:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Smithsonian",
    "slug": "smithsonian",
    "url": "https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/astronomers-peered-at-the-early-universe-and-may-have-discovered-a-new-kind-of-celestial-object-black-hole-stars-180989334/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Since the James Webb Space Telescope started collecting data in 2022, it has found puzzling objects dubbed little red dots. A new study suggests they might be giant black holes with some characteristics of stars",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "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."
}