JWST’s ‘Little Red Dots’ May Be ‘Black Hole Stars’

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JWST’s ‘Little Red Dots’ May Be ‘Black Hole Stars’

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Mysterious ‘Little Red Dots’ in Space Are Likely Cloaked Black Holes

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Puzzling red spots in images from the James Webb Space Telescope are probably young supermassive black holes obscured by dense cocoons of gas

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