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Distant Little Red Dot Hosts a Huge (and Growing) Black Hole

AUG 06, 2025
The “little red dot” CAPERS-LRD-z9 is the most distant object to show the characteristic broad emission lines of fast-moving gas around a black hole.
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Illustration of an accreting supermassive black hole shrouded by dust

The “little red dot” CAPERS-LRD-z9 is the most distant object to show the characteristic broad emission lines of fast-moving gas around a black hole.

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