Astronomers Debate What James Webb's Mysterious 'Little Red Dots' Really Are

The James Webb Space Telescope is detecting small red dots in many places across the sky. Astronomers have not reached a consensus on what these objects are. Some researchers suspect they could be unusually large stars that contain black holes at their centers. The disagreement reflects how difficult it remains to interpret the faint, distant sources the telescope reveals.
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