Early-universe star collisions could explain Little Red Dots and rapidly growing black holes

Summary

Space.com reports that collisions between stars in the early universe were common, and that this could explain both the growth of supermassive black holes and the existence of the strange Little Red Dots seen by the James Webb Space Telescope. The article describes the idea as a possible explanation for how these black holes grew so large, and for objects it calls impossible black holes.

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1. Space.com

   3 Nov 2026, 21:00 UTCSource ↗

   Space.com reports that stellar collisions in the early universe were common and could explain the growth of supermassive black holes and the Little Red Dots seen by the James Webb Space Telescope.