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Are 'little red dots' seen by the James Webb Space Telescope actually elusive 'black hole stars'?

The mystery of the James Webb Space Telescope's "little red dots" could be solved if they are not ancient galaxies but are ...

Are mysterious little red dots spotted by James Webb actually secret black hole stars? Here’s what scientists say

Astronomers first thought these red dots were ancient galaxies. They appeared unusually mature for their early universe age.

The ‘Little Red Dots’ Discovered by the James Webb Space Telescope Are Actually Mysterious ‘Black Hole Stars’?

(Main image) Theoretical illustration of a 'black hole star' (Illustration) JWST (Image credit: T. Müller/A. de Graaff/Max Planck Institute for Astronomy) ...

Strange red dots in the early universe may be new kind of space object

When the "little red dots" were first discovered in 2022, scientists thought the objects might be galaxies as mature as the Milky Way, which is about 13.6 billion years old. That's because galaxies ...

Do Black Holes Create the Universe? Quanta Magazine Discovers a 'New World' Where a Black Hole Rewrites Cosmic History

Since the launch of the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) in 2021, astronomers have felt as if they have gained a "magnifying ...
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Telescope spots galaxy forming 13 billion years ago

The James Webb Space Telescope has made an extraordinary discovery, spotting a galaxy forming some 13 billion years ago. This breakthrough provides invaluable insights into the universe’s earliest ...

James Webb Space Telescope detects ‘little red dots’: What are black hole stars

Astronomers theorise that they are early galaxies that existed earlier than 700 million years after the Big Bang.