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In the early Universe, ghost stars emerged — giants with black holes growing inside.
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In the early Universe, giant stars were born. Sometimes, black holes fell into them, creating 'quasi-stars' — glowing cocoons the size of the Solar System. JWST found such objects as mysterious 'red dots' in distant galaxies.
🎯 A quasi-star weighs as much as 10,000 Suns, but its outer layers are so thin that it's almost transparent — a true cosmic ghost.