The infrared-sensitive James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has conducted multiple surveys of the very distant universe, digging into what was happening in the first billion years after the Big Bang. As part of these deep surveys, its sensors have been picking up mysterious objects dubbed “Little Red Dots.” It has found more than 300 of them since their discovery in 2024. These intriguing little objects look like their name: distant, small objects that appear red in JWST observations.
A distant primordial object may be a newborn ‘Little Red Dot’
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Why do some people who embrace conspiracy theories simply hold those beliefs, while others act on them? A new study published in the British Journal of Social Psychology identifies three characteristics that help determine when [...]
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Puerto Ricans share deep skepticism toward elected officials and a widespread sense of limited self-governance, according to a new study from the University of Michigan’s Institute for Social Research and the University of Puerto Rico-Río [...]
