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Early Universe’s ‘Little Red Dots’ Are Young Supermassive Black Holes, Astrophysicists Say

Astrophysicists at the University of Copenhagen show that the enigmatic ‘little red dots’ -- red sources scattered across images of the early Universe -- are rapidly growing black holes wrapped in ionized gas, offering new insight into how supermassive black holes formed after the Big Bang.

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