The Hindu·4 min read·hard
Unusual black hole found at universe’s dawn presents dusty mystery to astronomers
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Vasudevan Mukunth
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Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope have identified a young, rapidly growing black hole surrounded by a dense gas cocoon. This discovery challenges previous theories that the red color of such objects was primarily caused by dust.
When the James Webb Space Telescope looks deep into the Universe, some of the objects it finds appear as small, red dots. Astronomers call them little red dots (LRDs), and they have become one of the telescope’s more intriguing discoveries.
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