"Webb Telescope Discovers Quasars masquerading as Little Red Dots"

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Source: Universe Today
"Webb Telescope Discovers Quasars masquerading as Little Red Dots"
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The James Webb Space Telescope made an unexpected discovery during its first year of observation, identifying a series of little red dots in a tiny region of the night sky as galactic nuclei containing the precursors of Supermassive Black Holes (SMBHs) that existed during the early Universe. These findings challenge current models of how the first SMBHs in our Universe formed and could lead to a better understanding of problematic quasars. The accidental discovery, made during the EIGER and FRESCO surveys, could have profound implications for astronomy and cosmology, shedding light on the genesis of black holes and providing insights into the early Universe.

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