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EPISODE · Oct 16, 2025 · 26 MIN

Giant Black Holes Cosplay as Little Red Dots

from EVSN: Escape Velocity Space News · host Pamela L Gay

The universe is hard enough to figure out without one kind of object dressing up as another, but - just in time for Halloween - researchers have figured out that the Little Red Dot in the early universe just might be massive black holes surrounded in a costume of glowing red gas. Also in this episode, Hyabusa2's amusingly tiny destination, a white dwarf star eating what may be an icy dwarf planet, and tales from the launch pad.

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