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Black hole star: Astronomers discover a brand-new type of astrophysical object

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Astronomers at MIT and elsewhere have spotted an extremely bright red spot in the early universe. The object resembles an enormous star, roughly the size of our solar system. But it also is putting out 100 billion times more energy than any known star can physically produce. In fact, such energies are closer to what a black hole might generate.

First report: Astronomers Discover a New Kind of Cosmic Object: a Black Hole 'Star' — slashdot.org, 1d