Mysterious red dots have been spotted all over the early Universe. JMP is an interactive statistical discovery software for scientists and engineers to explore data visually, uncover meaningful patterns, and make confident data-driven decisions. Check out http://jmp.com/astrum for your free trial. ▀▀▀▀▀▀ A series of little red dots is shattering our understanding of how the Universe began. These bizarre, glowing dots are far too massive and bright for their age, suggesting they could be a brand new type of cosmic object. Join us as we investigate the mind-boggling theories… Could these red dots be black hole stars? ▀▀▀▀▀▀ 0:00 Mysterious Red Dots 2:24 What Are They? 3:58 Redshift 5:07 Spectrum Clues 6:44 Starburst Galaxies 9:21 Supermassive Black Holes 14:19 JWST: RUBIES Survey 15:54 The Cliff 19:00 Black Hole Stars 21:53 Host Galaxy 24:35 Quasi-stars 27:50 The First Supermassive Black Holes 29:38 Direct Collapse Black Hole ▀▀▀▀▀▀ To stay on top of space news, sign up to the Astrum newsletter: https://astrumspace.kit.com A huge thanks to our Patreons who help make these videos possible. Sign-up here to support the channel: https://bit.ly/4aiJZNF Astrum Displate Posters: https://displate.com/artist/astrumspa... Astrum Merch: https://astrum-shop.fourthwall.com/ Join us on the Astrum discord: / discord ▀▀▀▀▀▀ Astrum Podcast on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/6jPRrbq... Astrum Earth: / @astrumearth Astrum Extra: / @astrumextra Astrum Spanish: / @astrumespanol Astrum Portuguese: / @astrumbrasil ▀▀▀▀▀▀ References: “JWST’s ‘Little Red Dots’ Offer the Universe’s Weirdest Puzzle”, via scientificamerican.com https://astrumspace.info/jwstreddots “LRDs: An Abundant Population of Faint Active Galactic Nuclei”, via iopscience.iop.org https://astrumspace.info/lrdagn “The EIGER Survey”, via adsabs.harvard.edu https://astrumspace.info/eiger “Exotic Black Hole Star Could Be LRD”, via scientificamerican.com https://astrumspace.info/blackholestar “LRDs as Young SMBH in Dense Ionized Cocoons”, via nature.com https://astrumspace.info/lrdcocoons “Dust in LRDs”, via iopscience.iop.org https://astrumspace.info/lrddust “Balmer Breaks”, via astrobites.org https://astrumspace.info/balmerbreaks “The Cliff: Extreme Balmer Break of an LRD at z = 3.5”, via aanda.org https://astrumspace.info/cliff “A Black Hole Star Reveals the Gas-Enshrouded Hearts of LRDs”, via researchgate.net https://astrumspace.info/bhstar “Quasi-Stars”, via academic.oup.com https://astrumspace.info/quasistars ▀▀▀▀▀▀ Credits: Writer: Julia Masselos Video Editor: Eduardo Solórzano Researcher: Shourya Shrivastava Script Editor: Damaris McColgan Thumbnail Designer: Peter Sheppard Publishing Lead: Georgina Brenner Production Manager: Raquel Taylor Edit Producer: Poppy Pinnock Head of Astrum: Jess Jordan Creator of Astrum: Alex McColgan With special thanks to: NASA/ESO/ESA #Astrum #Space #BlackHole