Early Universe’s ‘Little Red Dots’ Are Young Supermassive Black Holes, Astrophysicists Say

Jan 15, 2026 - 15:45
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Early Universe’s ‘Little Red Dots’ Are Young Supermassive Black Holes, Astrophysicists Say
Little red dots are young supermassive black holes in dense ionized cocoons. Image credit: NASA / ESA / CSA / Webb / Rusakov et al., doi: 10.1038/s41586-025-09900-4.

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.

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