LRD and Globular Cluster (IMAGE)

University of Texas at Austin

LRD and Globular Cluster

Caption

A Little Red Dot (left) and globular cluster 47 Tucanae (right). A new paper by UT Austin astronomers suggests that the two may not be distinct objects, but that instead Little Red Dots are globular clusters caught in the process of forming.

Credit

NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI, Dale Kocevski/Colby College, ESO

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