Lorenzo Napolitano

Astronomers using the spectroscope aboard JWST have, for the first time, measured the amount of dust around a distant black hole. Dust, like fog, dims its light, but the main surprise is that the black hole fluoresces, revealing the secrets of its rapid growth.

The James Webb Space Telescope has spotted mysterious "Little Red Dots" in the early universe—compact objects that don't fit standard models. A new study suggests they may be quasi-stars: black holes shrouded in a dense gas cocoon that thermalizes radiation like a giant furnace. Calculations using t