Astrophysicists propose Webb's little red dots are early supermassive black holes

A new paper offers an explanation for the faint distant objects first observed in the very early universe

Luisa Marconi

Senior Space Correspondent

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Astrophysicists have proposed that the 'little red dots' observed by the James Webb Space Telescope are rapidly forming supermassive black holes accreting material. ^[2]