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'Little red dots' may be pulsating monster stars that created early-universe black holes

Astronomers have speculated about the mysterious "little red dots" seen through the James Webb Space Telescope's images of the early universe: They could be galaxies, black holes, quasi-stars, starbursts ... or something else entirely.

'Little red dots' may be pulsating monster stars that created early-universe black holes
Image: Phys.org
Astronomers have speculated about the mysterious "little red dots" seen through the James Webb Space Telescope's images of the early universe: They could be galaxies, black holes, quasi-stars, starbursts ... or something else entirely.

Originally published at Phys.org

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