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Little Red Dots Could Be Ancient Globular Clusters, Each Dominated by a Super-Massive Star


Little Red Dots are one of the mysteries uncovered by the JWST. Astronomers have been trying to figure out what they are, and have come up with multiple possibilities. New research says they could be ancient Globular Clusters with supermassive stars in their centers.

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