The universe is full of strange ‘little red dots’. A new study shines light on their real nature

Mon, 14 Sep 2026 11:13:13 +1000

Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>

Andrew Pam
<https://theconversation.com/the-universe-is-full-of-strange-little-red-dots-a-new-study-shines-light-on-their-real-nature-290164>

"In 2023, the James Webb Space Telescope revealed something strange: the
distant reaches of the universe are filled with “little red dots” that
astronomers still can’t quite explain.

But a new paper I coauthored, published today in Nature Astronomy, might have
found the key to understanding their nature.

It turns out these little red dots might actually be evidence of the earliest
supermassive black holes. And they could hold clues to how stars and galaxies
formed in the earliest years of the universe."

Cheers,
       *** Xanni ***
--
mailto:xanni@xanadu.net               Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/                 Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/            Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/               Manager, Serious Cybernetics

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