Little Red Dots Could Be Something Completely Unexpected
Mar 16, 2026•Channel
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Published3 months ago
Duration34:25
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Languageen
CategoryScience & Technology
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Little Red Dots are one of the biggest mysteries from JWST so far. They could be galaxies. They could be supermassive black holes. But they also could be supermassive stars. In fact, this suggestion could help solve another big cosmological mystery about globular clusters. More details on that in this interview.
🟣 Guest: Dr. John Chisholm
https://www.chisholmjohn.com/
📜 Little Red Dots as Globular Clusters in Formation
https://arxiv.org/pdf/2602.15935
00:00 Intro
01:41 Finding LRDs in JWST data
07:05 Probably not black holes
13:08 Globular clusters as possible descendants
18:56 The evidence for supermassive stars
28:49 Current obsessions
31:00 Final thoughts
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