Webb spots solar-system-sized dot likely a black hole star from the dawn of the universe

The James Webb Space Telescope identified MoM-BH*-1, a solar-system-sized, ruby-red dot seen about 660 million years after the Big Bang, proposed as a new object class: a black hole star—a dense shell of gas around a massive black hole. If confirmed, it would be the strongest evidence yet for this type of object and could help explain the enigmatic “little red dots” JWST has found. The object may host up to ~100,000 solar masses, with its Balmer-break spectrum indicating a dust-free, hydrogen/helium gas cocoon rather than ordinary starlight; further observations and modeling are needed to verify this interpretation.