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Since the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) began scientific operations, astronomers have been intrigued by strange red dots appearing in its images of the distant universe. Scientists from the University of Copenhagen have now identified what these objects are, uncovering extreme cosmic activity hidden inside dense clouds of ionized gas.…

Last Updated: January 16, 2026, 13:07 IST Supermassive black hole in galaxy J1007+3540 awakens after 100 million years, spewing powerful plasma jets across millions of light-years like a cosmic volcano Rapid Read Summarized by AI. + Indian scientists observed a supermassive black hole in galaxy J1007+3540 reactivating after 100 million…

Astrophysicists at the University of Copenhagen show that the enigmatic ‘little red dots’ — red sources scattered across images of the early Universe — are rapidly growing black holes wrapped in ionized gas, offering new insight into how supermassive black holes formed after the Big Bang. Little red dots are…

This LOFAR DR2 image of J1007+3540 superimposed over an optical image by Pan-STARRS shows a compact, bright inner jet, indicating the reawakening of what had been a ‘sleeping’ supermassive black hole at the heart of the gigantic radio galaxy. Credit: LOFAR / Pan-STARRS / Kumari et al. Get the Popular…

January 15, 2026 4 min read Add Us On Google Add SciAm ‘Little Red Dots’ Spied by JWST May Be Baby Black Holes in Disguise Puzzling red spots in images from the James Webb Space Telescope are probably young supermassive black holes obscured by dense cocoons of gas By Lee…

A collection of “little red dots” spotted by the James Webb Space Telescope NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI, and D. Kocevski (Colby U.)/Space Telescope Science Institute Office of Public Outreach Impossibly bright galaxies discovered by the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) may not be so bright after all. These galaxies once…

Some of the faintest sources in James Webb Space Telescope images don’t fit neatly into existing categories. Appearing as compact red points in deep views of the early universe, they show up at very early times and then largely disappear a few hundred million years later. A new study published…

Ancient galaxies colloquially known as "little red dots" have proven a mystery ever since astronomers discovered them three years ago. Now, a new study finds the strange features of little red dots might be explained by supermassive black holes in disguise during their youth. With the help of NASA's $10…

An illustration of a black hole shrouded in dust. Strange 'little red dots' discovered by the James Webb telescope may be young black holes cocooned in ancient dust clouds, new research hints. (Image credit: Getty Images) Scientists may have finally pinned down the nature of some of the most baffling…

Researchers have discovered a rule-breaking "bow shock" surrounding the white dwarf RXJ0528+2838, located around 730 light-years from Earth. The puzzling structure contains a multicolored nebula of gas and dust. (Image credit: ESO/K. Iłkiewicz and S. Scaringi et al. Background: PanSTARRS) Stunned astronomers have discovered a zombie star relatively near Earth…