A Flashlight Wrapped in Red Tape: Why Active Cores Change Color ⚡ экспресс
Original: "Little Red Dots as Obscured Little Blue Dots: A Super-Eddington Unification Model"
"Red dots" and "Blue dots" are the same object, just the viewing angle changes the color, like a flashlight with red tape.
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Astronomers have cracked the mystery of "Red Dots": they are the same "Blue Dots", but seen through dust at an angle. Just a tilt changes the color and spectrum of distant active galactic nuclei.
🎯 There is no more dust around a supermassive black hole than in a small cloud, but it’s enough to completely change the color of the entire nucleus.