Reposted by Paul
There's an interesting new paper out today (not yet peer reviewed) suggesting an explanation for a weird phenomenon seen with JWST that might point to a "hitherto unobserved physical phenomenon," proposed in a couple of previous papers, called "black hole stars." arxiv.org/abs/2601.20929 1/🧵
arxiv.org
Little Red Dot $-$ Host Galaxy $=$ Black Hole Star: A Gas-Enshrouded Heart at the Center of Every Little Red Dot
The central engines of Little Red Dots (LRDs) may be ``black hole stars" (BH*s), early stages of black hole growth characterized by dense gas envelopes. So far, the most direct evidence for BH*s comes...
