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Keith Cooper

Inside the mystery of the James Webb Space Telescope's little red dots — and how they might be evolving

Six images of blurry red dots.

New evidence has come to light showing that the mysterious 'little red dots' discovered in the early universe by the James Webb Space Telescope could evolve into the active centers of fully formed galaxies.

"Everything created in the early universe must evolve into something around us," said George Rieke of the University of Arizona in a statement. "We have had little idea of what little red dots become, but these results finally show us how to find their progeny."

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