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SCOUT· 58%13m·2026-08-24·ScienceWhat are the mysterious ‘little red dots’ in images of space?
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When the James Webb Space Telescope started sending back images in 2022, something mysterious appeared: little red dots, speckled across the sky. They didn’t look like any known celestial objects, and astronomers began racing to figure out what they were. There was a lot of hot debate, but researchers are making…
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