What are the mysterious ‘little red dots’ in images of space?
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What are the mysterious ‘little red dots’ in images of space?

Aug 24, 2026
13:26
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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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Author
Flora Lichtman, Shoshannah Buxbaum, Rohan Naidu
Show Type
full
Audio Format
audio/mpeg

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