Black Holes or Black Hole Stars? Astronomers Spar over 'Little Red Dots'

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As black holes, the little red dots would appear red because dust — grainy stuff much more complicated than gas — was blocking their blue light. And they didn’t look much like black holes either. These hidden black holes seemed to be far less massive than standard, exposed black holes.

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