Astronomy & Observing News

"Little Red Dot" Is a Cocooned Black Hole

A deep spectrum of a mysterious "little red dot" reveals a supermassive black hole cocooned in gas so dense it's opaque — but glowing in the infrared.

Artist's illustration of black hole surrounded by a clearing cloud of dust and gas

Astronomy & Observing News

Astronomers Spot Possible Missing Link to Webb’s Little Red Dots

Astronomers may have found the missing link required to understand one of the James Webb Space Telescope’s most puzzling discoveries.

Pandora's Cluster of galaxies

Astronomy & Observing News

Early Galaxy Hosts Black Hole with the Mass of 50 Million Suns

Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope have confirmed that, just 800 million years after the Big Bang, there is a galaxy that contains a supermassive black hole — and not much else.