[Interview+] Little Red Dots Could Be Something Completely Unexpected

BONUS PART START AT 28:49

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Little Red Dots are one of the biggest mysteries from JWST so far. They could be galaxies. They could be supermassive black holes. But they also could be supermassive stars. In fact, this suggestion could help solve another big cosmological mystery about globular clusters. More details on that in this interview.

🟣 Guest: Dr. John Chisholm https://www.chisholmjohn.com/

📜 Little Red Dots as Globular Clusters in Formation https://arxiv.org/pdf/2602.15935

• 00:00 Intro

• 01:41 Finding LRDs in JWST data

• 07:05 Probably not black holes

• 13:08 Globular clusters as possible descendants

• 18:56 The evidence for supermassive stars

• 28:49 Deepest JWST image yet

• 42:59 Current obsessions

• 45:10 Final thoughts