Astronomers compile a large sample of an unusual class of objects in an effort to connect the dots to the early universe.

NASA’s Webb telescope uncovers mysterious "little red dots," pointing to the existence and growth of supermassive black holes ...

In December 2022, less than six months after commencing science operations, NASA's James Webb Space Telescope revealed ...

Soon after it came online in 2022, Webb observations revealed a population of tiny red objects dubbed little red dots (LRDs).

The evidence was provided by Webb's Cosmic Evolution Early Release Science (CEERS) Survey, led by Steven Finkelstein, a ...

The Cosmic Evolution Early Release Science (CEERS) Survey will use JWST’s near-infrared camera to reveal detailed galaxy morphologies over a wide range of redshifts. In preparation for CEERS images, ...

The team started with the Cosmic Evolution Early Release Science (CEERS) survey before widening their scope to other extragalactic legacy fields, including the JWST Advanced Deep Extragalactic ...

"Leo P provides a unique laboratory to explore the early evolution of a low-mass galaxy in detail," said McQuinn, who also is the mission head for the Science Operations Center for the Nancy Grace ...

Slovenian researchers, together with international experts, have made a groundbreaking discovery about the evolution of the properties of cosmic dust in galaxies that formed soon after the Big Bang, ...