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Space
Space
Science
Paul Sutter

Are mysterious 'Little Red Dots' discovered by the James Webb Space Telescope actually baby galaxies under construction?

An illustration shows the JWST in space next to its observations of some of the earliest galaxies ever seen, the so-called "little red dots.".

The cosmos is full of surprises, and the James Webb Space Telescope seems to be a cosmic gift that keeps on giving, serving up puzzles faster than we can solve them.

One of the most intriguing, and dare I say, enigmatic populations to pop up in the James Webb Space Telescope's (JWST) groundbreaking observations are the Little Red Dots (LRDs). These aren't just any old cosmic curiosities; they're very distant objects in the universe whose light has been stretched to longer, redder wavelengths due to the universe's expansion, meaning we're seeing them as they appeared in the early universe.

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