Three years ago, astronomers discovered ancient mysterious objects known as “little red dots.” They exhibit characteristics ...

"It is exciting to think that Little Red Dots may represent the first direct observational evidence of the birth of the most ...

"They look like a [developing] butterfly or something in this young state that kind of grows wrapped in some sort of gas that ...

For years, scientists were puzzled by tiny glowing red points seen in the deepest images from the James Webb Space Telescope, known as the “little red dots.” At first, no one knew what they were, and ...

Dark stars powered by dark matter may explain bright galaxies, massive black holes, and mysterious red objects in the early universe.

After two years of careful study of Webb images, researchers at the Niels Bohr Institute’s Cosmic Dawn Centre reached a ...

The discovery of strange, ultra-red objects—especially the extreme case known as The Cliff—has pushed astronomers to propose an entirely new type of cosmic structure: black hole stars. These exotic ...

Mysterious objects or "little red dots" seen in the early universe by the JWST. | Credit: JWST/NIRSpec. Forget "little green men" — it is "little red dots" in the infant universe that caught the eye ...

For years, strange red dots in James Webb images left scientists puzzled. New research shows they are young black holes hidden inside dense clouds of gas, glowing as they devour their surroundings.

Using the James Webb Space Telescope, astronomers discovered an extreme version of "little red dots" dubbed "The Cliff." Its light suggests that it could be a never-before-seen class of objects called ...