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Astronomers Find an X-Ray Key to the Red Dot Mystery

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May 10, 2026 • 83 views
Original source: Universe Today

Ever since JWST first began peering out at the early Universe a few years ago, astronomers have been spotting strange "little red dots" (LRDs) in its infrared images. There are hundreds of these compact blobs at very high redshifts at distances of about 12 billion light-years. Astronomers think they...

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