JWST Identifies Unusual 'Black Hole Star' Candidate in Early Universe

The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has observed a peculiar, exceptionally bright red object in the early universe, just hundreds of millions of years after the Big Bang. This "black hole star" appears to be an enormous star but emits 100 billion times more energy than typical stars, suggesting it may encase a 100,000-solar-mass black hole within a dense hydrogen cocoon. This discovery could represent a new class of cosmic object and help explain other early universe observations.