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EPISODE · Mar 16, 2026 · 47 MIN

[Interview+] Little Red Dots Could Be Something Completely Unexpected

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BONUS PART START AT 28:49Watch here (with no ads) or on YouTube: https://youtu.be/4caOfg5K8Is 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/2602.1593500:00 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 Deepest JWST image yet 42:59 Current obsessions 45:10 Final thoughts

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