A distant primordial object may be a newborn 'Little Red Dot'

The infrared-sensitive James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has conducted multiple surveys of the very distant universe, digging into what was happening in the first billion years after the Big Bang. As part of these deep surveys, its sensors have been picking up mysterious objects dubbed "Little Red Dots." It has found more than 300 of them since their discovery in 2024. These intriguing little objects look like their name: distant, small objects that appear red in JWST observations.