JWST Discovers Mysterious 'Little Red Dots' in Early Universe, Possibly New Celestial Objects
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Summary
NASA's JWST telescope has discovered hundreds of 'little red dots' in the early universe, which may represent a new type of celestial object—colossal balls of bright, hot gas larger than the Solar System. These findings challenge conventional astronomical explanations and suggest a novel class of cosmic entities.
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· 3 pulledSince NASA’s JWST observatory began peering into the distant universe in 2022, it has discovered a rash of 'little red dots'—hundreds of them, shining within the first billion years of the 13.8-billion-year-old universe.
The little red dots, astronomers say, may be an entirely new type of object: a colossal ball of bright, hot gas, larger than the Solar System.
It’s as if the baby universe had caught a case of measles.
Puzzling objects spotted by NASA’s JWST telescope may be entirely new class of celestial entity
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