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Must a prime power of the form 16t^2+1 be a prime?

Consider a prime power q having the form 16t^2+1, where t is a positive integer. Numerical experiments show that when t is no greater than 10^9, each prime power q with this form is indeed a prime.

In general, is it true that a prime power of this form must be a prime ?