Astronomers find an enigmatic source that is most likely a Little Red Dot in formation

Astronomers have, for the first time, found a source in the process of becoming a Little Red Dot, using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST).

Little Red Dots are likely early galaxies and some of the most intriguing objects found with JWST at high redshifts.

The team, led by Karina Caputi of the University of Groningen in the Netherlands, announced the detection at the annual meeting of the European Astronomical Society (EAS 2026) in Lausanne, Switzerland.

The result has been accepted for publication in The Astrophysical Journal.

The paper is available on the arXiv preprint server. ...