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James Webb has been operational for over 4 years now. Little red dots are one of its major discoveries so far. Yet, we still have no idea what they are. They could be black holes, supermassive stars or something completely different. Here's why it's awesome for science.

🟣 Guest: Dr. Vasily Kokorev
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📜 NASA Webb Finds Strongest Evidence Yet for ‘Black Hole Stars’
science.nasa.gov/missions/webb/nasa-webb-finds-strongest-evidence-yet-for-black-hole-stars

00:00 Intro
01:29 History of LRDs
08:48 What are they?
31:09 Where do we go from here?
36:41 Current obsessions
42:35 Final thoughts


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