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JWST’s mysterious little red dots may be black holes growing at incredible speeds

ScienceDailyThursday, September 17, 2026 at 12:45 PM

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JWST’s mysterious little red dots may be black holes growing at incredible speeds
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New supercomputer simulations suggest JWST’s puzzling Little Red Dots are rapidly growing black holes from the early Universe. Extreme radiation may have helped create unusually massive black hole seeds, while dense surrounding gas allowed them to grow dozens of times faster…

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Scientific signal separates durable discovery from noise — and often foreshadows policy and product. New supercomputer simulations suggest JWST’s puzzling Little Red Dots are rapidly growing black holes from the early Universe. Extreme radiation may have helped create unusually massive black hole seeds, while dense surrounding gas allowed them to grow dozens of times faster…

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New supercomputer simulations suggest JWST’s puzzling Little Red Dots are rapidly growing black holes from the early Universe. Extreme radiation may have helped create unusually massive black hole seeds, while dense surrounding gas allowed them to grow dozens of times faster…

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