Astronomers discover a new kind of cosmic object
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"Astronomers discover a new kind of cosmic object" is generating significant coverage in the Science category, with 8 articles from 8 distinct sources tracked by PULSE so far.
Outlets currently covering the story include CBS News, Popular Science, Space and Gizmodo. PULSE measures a story's velocity from how quickly new articles appear and how many independent newsrooms join the coverage.
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Generated by PULSE's extractive engine from coverage metadata only — no AI-written claims. Updated 80d ago.
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Coverage (12)
- Black hole star: Astronomers discover a brand-new type of astrophysical object Phys.org · 77d ago
- Astronomers Discover the Existence of a Black Hole Star WIRED · 79d ago
- Astronomers Discover an Entirely New Type of Object: a "Black Hole Star" Futurism · 79d ago
- Astronomers Discover an Entirely New Type of Object: a “Black Hole Star” Yahoo · 79d ago
- Newly discovered "black hole star" could solve mystery of strange red dots spotted in the early universe CBS News · 81d ago
- Astronomers discover the existence of a ‘black hole star’ Popular Science · 81d ago
- Farthest 'black hole star' ever found could help solve the James Webb Space Telescope's little red dot mystery Space · 81d ago
- Astronomers Discover a Brand-New Type of Object: Part Black Hole, Part Star Gizmodo · 81d ago
- Astronomers find entirely new kind of object in space The Independent · 81d ago
- ‘Black hole stars’ from the dawn of the universe are coming into focus scientificamerican.com · 81d ago
- A gas-enshrouded and gas-reddened black hole at cosmic dawn Nature · 81d ago
- Astronomers discover a new kind of cosmic object The Guardian · 81d ago
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