Webb's Saguaro image reframes the little red dots puzzle
TL;DR
A new JWST view of the nearby Saguaro galaxy helps explain the universe’s enigmatic “little red dots”: rather than vanishing, these sources may be ordinary, distant galaxies whose bright centers dominate when observed at great distances, implying LRDs are a short-lived phase in early supermassive-black-hole growth rather than a new class of objects.
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