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Little Red Dot Is a Cocooned Black Hole

JUN 16, 2026

A deep spectrum of a mysterious “little red dot” reveals a supermassive black hole cocooned in gas so dense it’s opaque — but glowing in the infrared.

A deep spectrum of a mysterious “little red dot” reveals a supermassive black hole cocooned in gas so dense it’s opaque — but glowing in the infrared.

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