THE VIDEO SHELF · black hole stars
Black Hole Star – The Star That Shouldn't Exist
Kurzgesagt explains black hole stars, a hypothesized kind of giant star with a black hole at its core that could be a route to early supermassive black holes.
Why HN readers recommended it
HN uses it as a quick, accessible introduction to the black hole star concept in threads about early-universe black holes.
This is a summary from the source dataset, not an endorsement by Hacker News or the video creator.
Video & recommendation details
- Creator / channel
- Kurzgesagt – In a Nutshell
- Topic
- black hole stars
- Format
- explainer
- Level
- general
- HN recommenders in dataset
- 2
- HN mentions in dataset
- 4
- Recommendation years in dataset
- 2022–2025
These counts and years describe the included Hacker News records; they are not YouTube views or the video’s publication date.
From the original HN conversations
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Quasi stars are one of the theories for the existense of the super massive black holes. Here is a nice video [VIDEO] by Kurzgesagt on this topic.
rishav_sharan on Hacker News · 2023-11
In UHZ1: NASA Telescopes Discover Record-Breaking Black HoleJust in case you somehow don’t know what a Black Hole Star is, check out Kurzgesagt’s video about them < [VIDEO] >
db48x on Hacker News · 2025-07
In Early universe's 'little red dots' may be black hole stars
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