Tag Archive for 'Little red dot'

The optical and infrared image from Hubble show the region around the X-ray dot, while the Chandra X-ray image shows the close up. Image credit: NASA / CXC / Max Plank Inst / Hviding et al. / ESA / STScI / HST / CXC / SAO / N. Wolk.

Newly-Discovered ‘X-ray Dot’ Object May Reveal What Mysterious ‘Little Red Dots’ Really Are

Apr 29, 2026 by News Staff

An unusual object discovered by NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory may represent a missing link between hidden ‘black hole stars’ and fully exposed...

Gaztañaga proposes a new dark matter mechanism in which relic black holes originate from a pre-Big-Bounce collapse phase.

Black Holes from Before Big Bang Could Still Exist Today as ‘Cosmic Fossils’

Apr 20, 2026 by News Staff

New research by Professor Enrique Gaztañaga from the University of Portsmouth and the Institute of Space Sciences in Barcelona suggests some black holes...

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.

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

Jan 15, 2026 by News Staff

Astrophysicists at the University of Copenhagen show that the enigmatic ‘little red dots’ — red sources scattered across images of the early...

An artist’s impression of CAPERS-LRD-z9. Image credit: Erik Zumalt, University of Texas at Austin.

Astronomers Discover Farthest Black Hole Yet

Sep 22, 2025 by News Staff

The newly-discovered supermassive black hole sits in the center of a ‘little red dot’ galaxy called CAPERS-LRD-z9 and is seen just 500 million years...