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A telescope spots a solar-system-sized object radiating a hundred billion suns

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Webb spotted a black hole star, a solar-system-sized object radiating 100 billion suns 660 million years after the Big Bang, while Fudan built a superconductor one atomic plane thick and a launch company was contracted to deorbit dying satellites.

Reporting date: 2026-08-16 (not necessarily the event date)

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A telescope spots a solar-system-sized object radiating a hundred billion suns
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Reporting date: 2026-08-16
KB permalink: https://nicholsn.github.io/innermost-loop-kb/developments/2026-08-16-a-black-hole-star-in-the-early-universe
Claim: Webb spotted a black hole star, a solar-system-sized object radiating 100 billion suns 660 million years after the Big Bang, while Fudan built a superconductor one atomic plane thick and a launch company was contracted to deorbit dying satellites.
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- Welcome to August 16, 2026 — https://theinnermostloop.substack.com/p/welcome-to-august-16-2026
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