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Webb’s mysterious little red dots may be hiding entire galaxies
AI KEY TAKEAWAYS (TL;DR)
- Astronomers may finally have a clue to what happens to the mysterious “little red dots” that crowded the early universe
- By studying a spiral galaxy nicknamed the “Saguaro,” researchers found a compact, bright red center that closely resembles these distant objects—but with something Webb usually can’t see around them: a full galaxy
- When the team simulated what the Saguaro would look like much farther away, its spiral structure essentially vanished, leaving only the bright red core
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Astronomers may finally have a clue to what happens to the mysterious “little red dots” that crowded the early universe. By studying a spiral galaxy nicknamed the “Saguaro,” researchers found a compact, bright red center that closely resembles these distant objects—but with something Webb usually can’t see around them: a full galaxy. When the team simulated what the Saguaro would look like much farther away, its spiral structure essentially vanished, leaving only the bright red core.
