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JWST’s ‘Little Red Dots’ Are Young Black Holes Shrouded in Gas, Nature Study Finds

Spectroscopy indicates ionized cocoons reprocess their emission, revising masses downward to explain rapid early growth.

JWST Reveals Pulsar-Orbiting ‘Lemon’ Planet With Helium–Carbon Atmosphere

Webb Data Point to Thick Atmosphere on Ultra‑Hot Super‑Earth TOI‑561 b

JWST Reveals Unexplained ‘Dark Beads’ and Asymmetric Star Pattern Over Saturn’s North Pole

Webb Spots Dark Beads and Lopsided Star Pattern Aligned Over Saturn’s Hexagon

JWST Study Proposes ‘Black Hole Stars’ to Explain Mysterious Early‑Universe Red Dots

Webb Reveals 8-Light-Year Protostellar Jet, Bolstering Massive-Star Formation Theory

Webb Spots Methane Gas Above Dwarf Planet Makemake

New UC Santa Cruz Model Explains JWST’s Steam‑Rich Sub‑Neptunes

Webb Telescope Rules Out Atmosphere on Earth-Sized Exoplanet TRAPPIST-1 d

Infinity Galaxy’s Newborn Black Hole Shows Evidence of Direct Collapse