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Black Holes: the Paradox of the "Little Red Dots" Solved

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Small red dots ("little red dots") observed by the James Webb Space Telescope seemed to host black holes too massive for their age. A study shows that the diffusion of light by ionized gas distorted the estimation of their mass.
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Black Holes: the Paradox of the "Little Red Dots" Solved

Small red dots ("little red dots") observed by the James Webb Space Telescope seemed to host black holes too massive for their age. A study shows that the diffusion of light by ionized gas distorted the estimation of their mass.

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pourlascience.fr broke the news in on Tuesday, February 24, 2026.
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