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Astronomers Spot Pairs of Little Red Dots on Collision Course
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"‘‘Little Red Dots” (LRDs) are an abundant high-redshift population newly discovered by the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) and considered to be an early growth phase of supermassive black holes (SMBHs)," the authors write.
When the JWST discovered its infamous Little Red Dots (LRD), it generated excitement and curiosity. Assuming a random distribution, the probability of finding two LRDs with the angular separation observed in this study would be extremely low. (Credit: Takumi Tanaka et al. 2026, PASJ) "Our sample is likely to represent precursors of mergers between LRDs, and such mergers may be one of the mechanisms that can drive the rapid growth of SMBHs in their early evolutionary stages," the authors write.
But in this work, the researchers found pairs of LRDs that are so close to each other, a merger seems almost certain.
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- When the JWST discovered its infamous Little Red Dots (LRD), it generated excitement and curiosity.
- But in this work, the researchers found pairs of LRDs that are so close to each other, a merger seems almost certain.
- "‘‘Little Red Dots” (LRDs) are an abundant high-redshift population newly discovered by the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) and considered to be an early growth phase of supermassive black holes (SMBHs)," the…
- Assuming a random distribution, the probability of finding two LRDs with the angular separation observed in this study would be extremely low. (Credit: Takumi Tanaka et al. 2026, PASJ) "Our sample is likely to…
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