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Astronomers Found a Link Between Little Red Dots and Black Holes

2026-05-13 Science & Technology
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Anton Petrov
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Support this channel on Patreon to help me make this a full time job: https://www.patreon.com/whatdamath (Unreleased videos, extra footage, DMs, no ads) Alternatively, PayPal donations can be sent here: http://paypal.me/whatdamath Get a Wonderful Person Tee: https://teespring.com/stores/whatdamath More cool designs are on Amazon: https://amzn.to/3QFIrFX Hello and welcome! My name is Anton and in this video, we will talk about Little Red Dots Links: https://arxiv.org/pdf/2411.14383 https://arxiv.org/pdf/2603.17967 https://www.aanda.org/articles/aa/pdf/2026/03/aa57594-25.pdf https://academic.oup.com/mnras/article/548/1/staf2109/8607050?login=false https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/2041-8213/ae4c88/pdf https://arxiv.org/pdf/2601.14368 Previous videos: https://youtu.be/V21YRa5Sy9M https://youtu.be/tkkWrKMDzzk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-oX7tfz80DU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V2G5IR9gAqI #astronomy #cosmology #littlereddot 0:00 Little red dot mystery 2:45 New hints and additional observations 4:05 New study - X-ray dot 5:20 Black hole star explanation 6:25 QSO1 proves black hole origin 7:55 Are they all the same though? 8:55 Implications and why this matters for astronomy 10:05 Additional nearby objects found 11:40 Conclusions Enjoy and please subscribe Bitcoin/Ethereum to spare? Donate them here to help this channel grow! bc1qnkl3nk0zt7w0xzrgur9pnkcduj7a3xxllcn7d4 or ETH: 0x60f088B10b03115405d313f964BeA93eF0Bd3DbF The hardware used to record these videos: New Camera: https://amzn.to/4pCVINS CPU: https://amzn.to/4qXIaxC Video Card: https://amzn.to/2M1W26C Motherboard: https://amzn.to/2JYGiQQ RAM: https://amzn.to/2Mwy2t4 PSU: https://amzn.to/2LZcrIH Case: https://amzn.to/2MwJZz4 Microphone: https://amzn.to/2t5jTv0 Mixer: https://amzn.to/2JOL0oF Recording and Editing: https://amzn.to/2LX6uvU Some of the above are affiliate links, meaning I would get a (very small) percentage of the price paid. Thank you to all Patreon supporters of this channel Special thanks also goes to all the wonderful supporters of the channel through YouTube Memberships Credit: Mark Garlick www.markgarlick.com Licenses used: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ and relevant Creative Commons licenses

Top Comments (10)

@humblbragger 2026-05-13

Anton, I haven't watched your videos in a long, LONG time. I had to search "universe sandbox videos" and scroll for a while to find your channel once again. When I was young, I used to watch your videos every day after school on my old thinkpad. Your channel inspired my love for space and astronomy, so thank you!

158 6 replies
@Taomantom 2026-05-12

Well, at least they narrowed it down to NOT a unicorn. Job security.

105 9 replies
@fearthehoneybadger 2026-05-13

Going to be a problem if cats ever go into space.

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@Charlie-Oooooo 2026-05-13

Cornell's "Black Hole Sun"

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@liquidatorbrunt1242 2026-05-13

I like the "started to connect the dots.....the little red dots"

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@william_santiago 2026-05-13

It will soon confirm the black hole when it washes away the rain.

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@Ooka-lay 2026-05-14

The Little Red Dots are braille messages from Little Green Men.

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@BabyMakR 2026-05-14

4:15 You can say as many puns as you like. It's a Dad's prerogative. 😁

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@Kukaahi 2026-05-14

The little red dots are how we align the sky box.

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@PhilipMcCaig 2026-05-14

The early universe had chickenpox. I think it got over it but it needs to watch out for shingles, now.

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