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Mysterious ‘Little Red Dots’ Could Be Tiny Galaxies with Giant Black Holes at Their Hearts


A new analysis of images of 217 ‘little red dots’ from the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope suggests they sit inside remarkably compact, star-forming galaxies.

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