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Are the James Webb Space Telescope's mysterious Little Red Dots actually tiny black holes left over from the Big Bang era?
Space.com · By Robert Lea ·
The Brief
- NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has observed cosmic objects called Little Red Dots in the early universe.
- The Little Red Dots seemingly disappear completely before the universe reaches a certain point, which the source leaves unfinished.
- Space.com asks whether the Little Red Dots could be tiny black holes left over from the Big Bang era.
Why it matters
If Little Red Dots are early black holes, they would bear on how black holes formed and grew in the early universe, a question that matters for models of cosmic history.
Who’s affected
- astronomers studying the early universe
- researchers working with James Webb Space Telescope data
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Ever since NASA's James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) started observing the early universe, it has been providing almost as many surprises as it has answers. One such surprise are the so-called Little Red Dots, cosmic objects that seemingly disappear completely before the universe…