

Science Friday
What are the mysterious ‘little red dots’ in images of space?
Aug 24, 2026
13:26
E1374
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About this episode
Little red dots appear all over images from the James Webb Space Telescope. They may belong to a new cosmic category called black hole stars.
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Episode Details
- Author
- Flora Lichtman, Shoshannah Buxbaum, Rohan Naidu
- Show Type
- full
- Audio Format
- audio/mpeg