AaS! 268: What are Little Red Dots?

Ask a Spaceman! by Paul M. Sutter

Mar 17, 202632:07Science & Medicine

What do we find when we push the James Webb Space Telescope to its limits? Are Little Red Dots newborn galaxies or old black holes? What are they teaching us about the early universe? I discuss these questions and more i...

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