Those tiny red dots in space could actually be hidden black hole stars

This strange phenomenon first came to light when astronomers noticed a recurring problem in the telescope’s deep space images ...
Science Mission Directorate

NASA’s Chandra Reveals ‘Red, White, Blue’ Universe for US 250th

In celebration of the 250th birthday of the United States, NASA has unveiled four cosmic images from its Chandra X-ray ...
Science Daily

NASA's Webb Space Telescope just found strange red dots that shouldn’t exist

Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope have uncovered mysterious “little red dots” that may not be galaxies at all, but a whole new type of object: black hole stars. These fiery spheres, ...
CNN

Webb telescope photos show mysterious little red dots. Astronomers don’t know what they are

Like tiny photobombers, cosmic anomalies resembling small, bright red points show up in almost every snapshot taken by the most powerful space telescope ever made. Astronomers now call them little red ...
Scientific American

Exotic black hole stars could explain the mystery of Little Red Dots

When astronomers glimpsed the first images from the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) in July 2022, they saw the kind of universe most of them have come to expect. There were dazzling blue bursts of ...