Nobody Can Explain 1000s of Strange Little Red Dots Found by JWST Everywhere

[@gyeongchankim5423]

Love how JWST is continuously revealing something is missing in our cosmological model. Good luck to astronomers/astrophysicists.

[@angelrivera2339]

The Astronomers and astrophysicists must be having the time of their lives.

[@TopTop000]

Tbh i view it a bit different . It seems to me they already know the answer to all these questions beforehand . Even the early galaxies , that was suppose to be something really abnormal and strange ( according to science-media) was explained in two seconds by stating that galaxies formed quicker than we thought , not that the universe was way older or that the big bang theory was false

[@qlrevan4116]

Well thats the case for almost every observatories

[@fabianmckenna8197]

Of course we can look into it, study it and perhaps eventually figure it out. Or we can stick with "God did it" which fails to explain why he put these things so far away in the first place......

[@theeddorian]

@@TopTop000 You want to read Thomas Kuhn on scientific paradigm shifts. Instead of "knowing the answer," you are seeing many scientists saying, "we can't have been that wrong!" But, considering the history of science, of course the can. Many are defending the investment they have put into learning the model and their work forcing it to accept difficult observations. They make up stories that they hope will prove to be useful, stories like dark matter and energy, which were introduced to account for observations that did not fit theory. The "galaxies just formed sooner" is a dreadful explanation because it literally asserts the Standard Model theory up to now is largely false. The periods of reionization, the "dark ages" are all critical products of the Standard Model, and the highly developed galaxies observed by JWST forbid this. Some of the most remote galaxies possess spectral characteristics of Population 1 and 2 stars, and no version of current theory permits that under any circumstance. You don't simply have a galaxy right near the BB, you have a galaxy with stellar characteristics that indicate the galaxy pre-dates the BB. That is a problem. There are several elements of theory here that are in direct conflict due to JWST observations: star formation, chemical element production, BBT, inflation, re-ionization, the estimated age of the universe, and several have to be wrong, or we would not be seeing what JWST is showing us.

[@dustysevns777]

brother, you give precise details, at an understandable level, keeping it interesting, AND have none of the garbage associated with a lot of other channels!!! new sub here you are the man

[@Ninjahat]

He's not your brother.

[@autisticsimon12]

NASA IS A SCAM, SPACE IS NOT REAL, ITS ALL JUST FAKE YOU SILLY PEOPLE. FOOLS!

[@joel198d]

It’s not garbage either you should go back and watch those videos BROTHER

[@autisticsimon12]

@@joel198d The video may be well produced but its point is to associate AI into it for click as its such a popular term. Many times in the video people being interviewed say nothing about AI and just talk about drone software and the presenter continually states 'AI' to the dismay of the interviewed person. Its GARBAGE! But it does amuse and trick small minded people into a wanderlust of agreement to the most ridiculous things. Only a s child would think that they were not scammed in this video. DRONES are just remote control planes they have NO intelligence any more so than your electric rice cooker. But you being so low in IQ probably can not see that. Tell me why is it NOT garbage?

[@stonehengemaca]

Imagine triggering a person by calling someone a brother. Peace x ❤

[@billlyons7024]

It's all the laser points that cats never caught.

[@IntrepidFraidyCat]

LOL! Good one 😂

[@Unknown17]

You almost had the perfect line...but you forgot the little word "Schrödinger's"

[@levitatingelephant4099]

Oh how cute 😺

[@jdrmanmusiqking]

Best response

[@SIMpip374]

Hahaha! 😂

[@GazzaBoo]

I’m glad they’re unexplained rather than just make something up to fit. Having things that cannot be explained yet is always good.

[@TheKain202]

That's how science works. We accept that we do not know and that it's an opportunity to learn something new later. Pretty sure we're gonna get some neat hypotheses in the coming months. My money is on accretion disks of primordial direct-collapse black holes that seeded the supermassive ones at the center of the galaxies, BEFORE they assembled their galaxies around themselves? Galactic embryos so to speak? It feels like we already need a bigger scope out there lol. If one wants hard certainty and dogma - that's what religion is for.

[@catpoke9557]

Almost no scientists ever try to say they know the answer to something they don't actually know the answer to. Pop science authors are the ones who claim to know

[@MicroClases_Ciencia]

That is not how science works, but how we would like to think it is. First it is the hypothesis, then perhaps the funding. My physics professor taught us once that and I rejected, but after 30 years in the field I understand him.

[@suzannedaniels4819]

​@@MicroClases_CienciaUnnecessarily contrary, cynical, dash of bitter, yeah academia has its drawbacks, but... Holy flaming hot red dots, sadman! No response to the ideas in the post? Mystery no longer a draw?

[@mateoTrejo-h9c]

Can't explain is a theory also to🫵😜

[@Usufructus]

I love Anton videos. "Let's talk about what we know, and we don't know." This is how we gain knowledge, I love it.

[@ElizabethStiglet]

😂❤❤❤

[@alexandermukai7724]

I have a fat university textbook: An Introduction to Modern Astrophysics. At least a third of it is about what we don’t know.

[@Sturmovik1946]

It's good to see videos covering this without rushing to conclusions. Thank you for this!

[@wylinout2257]

13k likes Anton 🔥👍 I remember the time when was less than 500 likes. Couldn't have happened to a better well deserved person!! Much love buddy and thank you!!! Love your content 🔥👍

[@elijahloby5400]

anton you truly restore my faith in our species with your curious mind and passion for learning. in that way i try to be more like you and you help keep my mind together and on track because you upload so consistently. i wish i had more money to spare for you but i swear as long as you keep making these videos i will always be here to watch and eventually i will be able to support you more. thank you anton

[@Hyraethian]

Thank you for keeping my feed interesting, This channel and hank green are the only two I keep belled.

[@scoobysnacc2292]

Im not sure if you do this for your living, probably more than just this though, but I really do hope you are doing very well Anton. Your way of explaining the seemingly unexplained to a layman is like no other. You make me feel as if im understanding these topics even though i really dont. The effort you put into these everyday goes far too unnoticed. Probably my favorite most consistent youtuber. KEEP BEING AWESOME!

[@Casual93]

Man's got 1.5M subs. He's doing fine lol

[@99solutionsit10]

​@@Casual93not yet, but soon. 😊

[@EffectualPoet]

teacher's pet

[@scoobysnacc2292]

@@EffectualPoet fart smella

[@veronicastewart1112]

Anton is cool that way.

[@RobertBrown-i4r]

Great re[porting Anton -- at 76 I am thankful for living in a time of such discovery -- the plot thickens

[@Sick_Boy_Rick74]

I am 50. I was just thinking, wonder what my grandchildren will see in their lifetime? Their children? It gets mind boggling…. I thought Skylab was just amazing!

[@halolightnin]

@@Sick_Boy_Rick74 youre both wonderful fellows I am only nearly 20 and I too think of this often. I cannot imagine what i will get to see with even the insane advances weve made since i was a child

[@petermoller8337]

70🇦🇺👍

[@Nethershaw]

@@Sick_Boy_Rick74 They won't see anything at all if you don't vote for progressive, intellectually supportive representatives in your government. Tell your friends this is what you want.

[@thehellyousay]

nearly 60. the changes i've seen, let alone you ...

[@JxH]

Tail Lights, of the motorcycles that the dolphins left on. "So long and thanks for all the fish."

[@cushionroot8266]

42

[@jimmythebold589]

@@cushionroot8266 what was the question, again??? inquiring mice want to know

[@malcolmt7883]

Astronomers get first image from newest advanced telescope. 'Damn it! More fuzzy red dots!

[@juangil384]

There is a lot of data in those dots. Distance, redshift, type of matter…

[@M-S_4321]

​@@juangil384What are they? Don't Know. What have they told us so far? Don't Know. Universe Angst Acne

[@MeissnerEffect]

😂😂😂

[@fatty1040]

To be fair that's valid. Its not like we're getting out there anytime soon

[@immortalsofar5314]

No matter how advanced the telescope, it's fuzzy red dots all the way down!

[@KentoLeoDragon]

Cosmic puberty. Don't bring attention to it, it gets embarrassed.

[@Codysdab]

Acne is no joking matter, poor little universe.

[@Alondro77]

Dammit, beat me to it. But this means... we think alike! MAYBE WE'RE CLONES THAT ESCAPED FROM A LAB, OMG!!! :O

[@Deletirium]

I'm trying so hard to rack my brain for a black holes/sex joke that isn't totally banal, but it's eluding me... Garbage diet & too much coffee: 1 Wittiness: 0

[@thehairywookie-x5p]

fuck I came to post this too, great minds think alike I guess lol

[@Syncrotron9001]

Its called "Visual Snow" or "Visual Static" Humans get it too

[@rjk1404]

Ever tried connecting the dots? Maybe the drawing points to somewhere 🤷‍♂️

[@prophetzarquon1922]

'Why is there such a noticeable void around our celestial neighborhood & why do so many celestial objects appear redshifted?' "Think of that, as 'tail-lights'."

[@tommyn72]

They're hightailing it away from the craziness.

[@TheSkyGuy77]

Everything is getting further apart from everything else. At an increasing rate.

[@prophetzarquon1922]

@@TheSkyGuy77 Yes, but much moreso in our case, than most! There's a whole halo of starstuff moving away from our _particular_ location; most stars don't sit near the middle of a huge cavity blown out of the surrounding area. Ours does.

[@austinelkins6539]

@@prophetzarquon1922 Wait really? Where could I learn more about this?

[@ClosestNearUtopia]

Tail lights? Whut? Ive never heard something so stupid like this… Doppler..

[@kathleenhensley5951]

Toys for space kittens? ----Sorry, couldn't resist.

[@thehellyousay]

don't be. it's true.

[@JZsBFF]

Space kittens? Trying NOT to imagine that.

[@therealpbristow]

Given how many red dots we're seeing... Dang, that's a *LOT* of Space Kittehs! Maybe cats really do rule the universe after all?

[@tabularasa0606]

@@therealpbristow They're the closest thing to being gods there are so there's that.

[@TooSlowTube]

Targetting dots, for Dark Forest strikes.

[@JohnBrown-g6f]

I'm not so well educated in astronomy as to hazard a guess on this but you sure do make interesting, glad I found your lecture series, thanks

[@zachhoy]

I don't know how many times my mind has been boggled by news that you have shared with us Anton, thank you

[@archmage_of_the_aether]

I do. Eighteen times

[@zachhoy]

@@archmage_of_the_aether I shall start counting

[@Olebull93]

And so the era of little red dots begins.

[@StSeya42069]

I love that we are looking at the edges of the cosmologic horizon. My gut says these objects are somehow related to the transition from the matter-dominated epoch to the dark-energy-dominated epoch.

[@FredPilcher]

As they say, the most exciting statement in science isn't "eureka", it's "Hmm - that's funny."

[@thehellyousay]

"what the ...?"

[@chocho6766]

"oh no i can't stop it lol"

[@OhhCrapGuy]

Yep, that's how we figured out penicillin, mold contamination of an experiment was found to kill bacteria.

[@OhhCrapGuy]

In a similar vein, we discovered infrared light because Herschel was trying to figure out which spectra of light contained the most energy through a prism. However, the control thermometer showed the most heat, because it was past the red part of the spectrum.

[@OhhCrapGuy]

Radioactivity was discovered when photographic plates were exposed to uranium salts in the sun, as Becquerel thought they were invisibly phosphorescent. However a control plate and uranium (simplified description), not exposed to the sun, showed the same thing when developed. It must be coming off the uranium all on it's own.

[@Space_Library]

I love how you break down such a complex topic into understandable segments. The discovery of these strange red dots by JWST is mind-blowing, and your explanation of potential theories behind them is very clear. It's exciting to think about what these discoveries could mean for our understanding of the universe. Your enthusiasm for space exploration is infectious!🥰

[@JasmineSinclair-i3n]

A lot of what we are seeing from our vantage point could be a distortion. We could be seeing the same objects in multiple places due to time or space delusion. This could also apply to stars and galaxies. Like watching separate frames in a movie of a flower swaying in the wind, and thinking each frame is a picture of a different flower.

[@peoplez129]

Not really. It would be obvious because other things would be duplicated as well, and it wouldn't be soo all encompassing.

[@veronicastewart1112]

The Webb telescope keeps showing us that we really don't know much at all, about the real nature of the universe.

[@USA92]

OMG. As the son of scientists I got to learn the contractor scam of N.A.S.A. A Hughes friend showed me something you will never see that I believe you have a right to see. It's absolutely disgusting that this crap is still going on while ignorant of fact men like this perpetuate it. Kinda creepy but if not in the know I get the shiny to most.

[@jasonrobinson401]

Makes sense, we've got oh so little to go off of, being as miniscule as we are overall, who knows what sorts of weird stuff could be out there.

[@MangyMagi]

@@jasonrobinson401 It's like trying to understand the configuration of the millions of dominoes around you that are falling, standing, and laying on the ground, meanwhile you are yourself a domino and must perform science with those limitations in mind, lmao.

[@keithphilbin3054]

The more that Webb discovers, the more my mind is boggled...

[@Astrodicted]

It will be clear once we get honest... so that won't happen any time soon. Dirac sea doing Dirac sea things

[@Kaimelar8]

It's getting clearer that we likely: - can't estimate star age by spectroscopy (as in stars likely form different atoms according to different criteria) - can't estimate distance by redshift alone - have no idea what the early Universe actually looks like

[@LordWaterBottle]

Which is all pretty cool! It means we still have a lot of things to learn about physics.

[@rombr820]

Astronomers will need more to time to accept it kkkk

[@joshuavince4526]

- have no idea what the universe actually is

[@procerusgigas]

Thats not new though, we never knew it.​@@joshuavince4526

[@nzuckman]

​@@LordWaterBottle Only if astrophysicists can get over themselves and start giving alternative models the time of day.

[@Vick--1052]

Anton, you are the man. Always keeping us interested in the universe.

[@jesnoggle13]

“My god, it’s full of red hots “

[@andrewbetances1203]

That's actually pretty funny. I don't think many people will get that.

[@rufusmacck3712]

I just revisited the source of that quote a month ago.

[@IntrepidFraidyCat]

I see what you did there 👀😆

[@Juliexits]

What is it from?

[@clinteastwood14896]

@@Juliexits "My god, it's full of stars!" is a line from the Arthur C. Clarke novel 2001: A Space Odyssey. The line was never spoken in the film though.

[@thedarkknight1971]

YET ANOTHER reason why I HOPE the 15 Metre Luvoir space telescope is built and 'Shipped' up there. JWST - 6.5 Metre, Luvoir - over twice the mirror size. So, allowing us to see clearer, more detailed and further back in time. After all, it being same design as JWST, we've proved the 'Foldy Tech' works! 😏 😎🇬🇧

[@chinookvalley]

the dark knight Thank you for this! One more thing to explore!

[@angelmarauder5647]

Next size 1 KM wide would be nice~ the software filters needed to clean that up would be intense

[@grantandrew619]

IT will not allow us to see further back in time

[@thedarkknight1971]

@@grantandrew619 Really? how do you figure that one genius? Hubble took us so far. JWST helped us see further back. Luvoir would help us see deeper into the outer most reaches of the universe... So, THAT MEANS seeing a little FURTHER BACK in time to an earlier point in the Universes history... Especially with the advancements in modern sensors, CCD, computing and other tech compared to when JWST was made...

[@Musabre]

@@grantandrew619 That's literally what being able to detect light originating from further away means. It is a look back in time, equal in years to the distance to the source of said light in lightyears. What did you think was happening when Hubble or JWST was photographing objects in the sky? None of it should be considered real-time, it's all relative.

[@cutterboard4144]

So these red dots are everywhere at the end of the observable universe, but we dont find any such objects (maybe less red, but as bright) in the closer volume of the observable universe? Im Excited ;)

[@JDO-u5f]

That’s a very powerful question you implicitly ask there 👍 💪

[@misterflibble6601]

JWST: Upending everything we thought we new about the universe... daily

[@TheKrispyfort]

And I am here for it!

[@Elias_Avraham]

Dead pixels.

[@Auroral_Anomaly]

😭

[@Gamert80]

😭

[@chaotictranquility228]

Literally

[@TarnsYT]

Presumably the JWST is taking calibration frames

[@Northwind82]

Obviously

[@Vc989]

Last summer through to winter, in Kentucky, me and my cousin have always been sky watching fanatics. We started seeing red colored stars, like 1 or 2 in the sky at any given time, sometimes just 1. We would watch them thinking off of how red they were, and they would slowly in just a few seconds get slightly brighter, and instantly disappear completely. Every time I saw any they never came back into view. I also talked to my brother months later, and he said him and a few more people were fishing at the river about 10 minutes away, and saw the same thing a few times and they all noticed it.

[@joerosen5464]

You guys need to lay off all that homemade hooch.🫨🤢🥵🤪🤯😵😵‍💫🤗

[@UselessKnowbody]

Ah yes, the Legendary Pink Dots. I already knew it was more then just a band.

[@zenhighwayman]

go on?

[@jaycee_baron]

Spotted the old-school Goth.

[@MikeG_cpt]

Best fucking channel on KZbin. I look forward to your content everyday. Keep it up bro

[@samgraham9354]

Also try: 'History of the Universe'; this one and Anton Petrov are the best. 🙂👍

[@bwmcelya]

Sometimes I get tired of politics, so I come over here and chill out on some Petrov space stuff. Thanks for the video Anton. Always enjoyable. Adieu.

[@Aristoteles83]

I saw them, too, everywhere in the JWST Images. I think they are indeed primordial black holes which formed early in the "dark ages". And Dark Matter may have played the critical role in their formation. Super fascinating!

[@AstrophysicsAtHome]

would you happen to know about the weird SEDs too? these things have been driving me insane for months now lol

[@befeleme]

The first law of the Universe: There is always one extra mystery.

[@TheSkyGuy77]

Never a dull moment lol

[@JZsBFF]

"This technically shouldn't exist" is becoming a cliché when it's about JWST.

[@bb5979]

And a million more mysteries

[@Unknown17]

This is like my motto that I invented while washing dishes and now apply to OTHER everyday events: "There's always another fork in the sink."

[@JZsBFF]

@@Unknown17 It's mostly the tantos and steak knives lurking in the merky deep one needs to worry about. Also: in the kitchen nobody hears you scream.

[@deerhunterthom5458]

Anton, thanks for your videos, I find all of them interesting. Maybe you can address a question or postulate: why don't we consider the CMB as potentially the black body radiation of the event horizon of the expanding universe, that sphere around us where the universe expansion rate reaches the point where any objects at the horizon (stars, dust, etc) appear to be (relatively) moving away from us at the speed of light? And that the temperature variation in the CMB is simply the points at which objects cross the event horizon? If that's the case, then that might explain why JWST is seeing "old" galaxies early in the universe's theorized formation. And "dead" black holes that are much older than we think that the universe is.

[@jimcurtis9052]

Wonderful as always Anton. Thank you. 🙃☺️🙂😊

[@jamesweninger3679]

Again we see the Doppler interpretation of line spreading as rotational velocity. And net redshift as distance. Also, remember what we learned from “Buried in the Coronal Graveyard”, of how X-ray emmision might be absorbed, and therefore not a reflection of what we expect to see. Simply, don’t assume that a lack of X-rays detected here means that no X-rays were emitted at the source, and especially in the case of the old red stars seen here.

[@philg4116]

Radical computer modeling will probably lead the way to answers.

[@dammit7045]

I have to admit, you do some good talks. Question however, where you get those nice backgrounds you use in your videos? Would ve nice to use some as pc backgrounds

[@paulforester6996]

It's the galactic red light district. Its everywhere. 👽🐮

[@MsCrazylegs80]

😂😂😂

[@drbuckley1]

One in every port.

[@John-ou4rm]

The universe's oldest profession.

[@theophrastus3.056]

You just knew some nerd was going to find a way to use the JWST for porn. 🙄

[@MsCrazylegs80]

@@John-ou4rm 😂😂😂

[@jasonmoquin]

I spilled my glitter can….shit went EVERYWHERE!

[@andrewhewes4010]

Once you allow glitter into the universe you can never get it all out.

[@u.v.s.5583]

Aliens stole the infamous glitter bomb!

[@Unknown17]

Not even the vacuum of SPACE can suck up glitter, let alone my stupid purple thing from Target!

[@KassiusFineArt]

Great. Now I have it on my face. Every. Single. Time.

[@BryKKan1]

I see Galaxy Seeds: Quasar jets involve super-accellerated material, but some chunks will statistically far closer in relative velocity than others. Leads to a sort of "direct collapse" SMBH and a gravitational clumping effect which we as a "string of pearls" in the jet. The reason this central BH is feeding "too fast" is because we have for some reason underestimated how big it can be. Either because the BH really is collapsing directly as the jet leaves it's "mother" quasar, or because the jet actually emits some portion of the "hidden" spacetime within the event horizon of the mother. Kind of like pinching off a bubble, without necessarily actually "opening" it. In any case: the red dots are almost certainly Galaxy Seeds, formed from the jet of an ancient (much larger) quasar.

[@etapollo13]

I was thinking something along these lines. It makes sense to me that we could be seeing a direct collapse scenario that formed these super massive black holes so early

[@jeremyhunter1459]

I love it time and time and time again when scientists in an intelligent civilization that's only about 6,000 years old, telling the universe, the things they see should and shouldn't exist.

[@williamflynn4954]

Entrance/exit points of the galactic wormhole transit system. We’re seeing the exotic matter needed to keep the wormholes open.

[@sneeringimperialist6667]

Openings of the Borg transwarp hub system...

[@alessandrobaggi6129]

Relays like in the Mass Effect serie.

[@zaqwsx28]

Nahh they are big gummy bears

[@djedi81]

Just a wild guess... A significant number of those dots are red/brown dwarfs, right here in our own galaxy. They have long been hypothesized as being the most numerous of all stars, but the problem was seeing them because of their low brightness, that was until JWST got up in space, and seeing in infrared with the resolution and light collecting capabilities it has is currently the best tool to spot them.

[@TheYear2525]

From my understanding they aren't in our galaxy but billions of light years away. Even the JWST has no chance of spotting a brown dwarf at that distance.

[@autisticsimon12]

NASA IS A SCAM, SPACE IS NOT REAL, ITS ALL JUST FAKE YOU SILLY PEOPLE. FOOLS!

[@Allyoutoo]

I'd assume we'd see movement compared to galaxies in the background given how much closer those dwarfs would be compared to other observed objects 🤔

[@catman2u2]

I’m a halfway intelligent, educated person but the people that figure this stuff out are incredibly smart. It seems so frustrating the years of observation and computer simulations to figure stuff out millions if light years away

[@freefall9832]

They already have the theory and then fit data to support the theory.

[@RobespierreThePoof]

That's a gross oversimplification. ​@@freefall9832

[@Kindertautenleider]

lets call them lil red corvettes

[@Terran.Marine.2]

Unlikely, but an amusing thought, if they are little ships or something else made by other intelligent beings.

[@dominiquelaflamme7804]

Stellaris much?

[@Terran.Marine.2]

@@Kindertautenleider I know the song, but, Corvette is obsolete ship type as well. Perhaps less amusing.

[@bongmuon]

look more like raspberry berets to me

[@Kindertautenleider]

@@mac11380 even more funny knowing

[@Karma1957IGY]

It might have been already said below but these might be the earliest outer galaxies created moving away and red shifting into whatever is beyond. That would be consistent with the frequency of the red dots which are a "constant". They are galaxies now hidden in plain sight for all to view thanks to JWST. BTW. Might be some lensing going on adding to the numbers, but the spacing is still consistent.

[@SackbotNinja03]

How does bro post so fast and still have such good quality

[@_Spacecraft]

He understands the subject matter so well that he probably doesn’t need to spend as much time researching and worrying about scripts as someone less versed in the field. Also he’s a professional teacher, so he has lots of experience explaining things and probably with creating lessons. Anton is a smart guy.

[@markdahanswer]

He's an ET trying to educate us (allways killing UFO reports hiding his origins)

[@EffectualPoet]

ur mum

[@_________________404]

Literally every video he does is exactly the same format. Even the same footage is often reused. Doesn't take much effort or time to produce this when he has years of practice.

[@nickbroughton928]

Hes got a tiny team of elves!

[@Deletirium]

2024: The universe has chickenpox.

[@jeremy1350]

Measles !! I guess the MMR (Measles, Mumps, and Rubella) vaccine was not available to the universe back then !! There I am dating myself. I have a little blue booklet with my kiddy vaccinations in it.

[@nicodesmidt4034]

@@Deletirium oh crap

[@Alondro77]

Me: "Lol, it's space acne-" Sees someone else posted that already. "Dammit! Ok, it's space chicken po-" Sees this post, "SONUVABI-" ;D

[@Deletirium]

Lmao... I went thru the exact same contortions. Was gearing up for "maybe the universe should try a facial cleanser..." then stopped, anf assumed 50 other people had already done it. Space herpes was already taken, so... chicken pox it was. We really are herd animals sometimes. 😂​@@Alondro77

[@stevenkarnisky411]

You beat my explanation by five hours, Jeremy, but I suggested chicken pox. They were much dottier than measles, which are rashier and less well defined. I had them. So did my older children.

[@esad-ij5ie]

There is no big bang, just rips in space time that regurgitate matter from another dimension that collects matter through our black holes. It's an infinite loop that restores higher entropy in both dimensions. Or it's like what Anton said.

[@noobsfansub]

The red dots are laser pointers to entertain the space cats of course.

[@kti5682]

Unfortunately we only have constellation Lynx and Leo but not house cat, a serious omission by our ancestors.

[@TheKrispyfort]

The Egyptians did try to tell us

[@Unknown17]

SCHRÖDINGER'S CATS. You blew it!

[@UselessKnowbody]

Ah yes, the Legendary Pink Dots. I already knew it was more then just a band.

[@kti5682]

@@TheKrispyfort I have long been dreaming of Bastet and having a statue of her.

[@peterricker4177]

Thanks!

[@divinusfilius3771]

My mom always said that if you can see the red dots, you're pushing too hard.

[@scroopynooperz9051]

Galactus is seasoning us before dunking us in hotsauce

[@EffectualPoet]

Nah, there's not enough black holes to absorb that much diarrhea.

[@raysmith984]

Obscured in dust maybe? Given the variables presented in the study, here are the most likely scenarios: 1. **Low-luminosity AGN**: These BL Hα emitters are most likely a population of low-luminosity AGN. The identification of broad Hα lines strongly suggests the presence of active supermassive black holes (SMBHs), even though they are faint in the UV and X-ray spectra. These AGN might be less luminous and therefore harder to detect with traditional methods, which often focus on more luminous quasars. 2. **Dust-obscured AGN**: The red continuum observed in the 2-4 μm range indicates significant dust obscuration around these AGN. This obscuration could be why these AGN have evaded detection in previous surveys, especially those relying on UV and X-ray emissions. The dust is likely absorbing and re-emitting energy at longer wavelengths, making these AGN appear faint in the UV but detectable in the infrared. 3. **Intermediate-stage SMBH growth**: The diversity in UV slopes and Hα profiles among the BL Hα emitters suggests they are at different stages of SMBH growth and host galaxy evolution. Lower-mass SMBHs associated with significant star formation may represent an earlier evolutionary stage, while higher-mass, dust-obscured AGN likely represent a later stage where the AGN activity begins to dominate. 4. **Star Formation and AGN Activity**: The presence of both narrow and broad Hα components indicates a combination of star formation in the host galaxies and AGN activity. This dual presence suggests an evolutionary sequence where star formation initially plays a significant role, with AGN activity becoming more prominent as the SMBH grows. 5. **Gas Inflows and Outflows**: The detection of complex Hα profiles, including redshifted and blueshifted absorption features, points to dynamic processes such as gas inflows feeding the SMBH and outflows driven by AGN feedback. These processes are crucial for understanding the fueling mechanisms and feedback in early AGN. 6. **Contribution to Cosmic Reionization**: Although these AGN likely contribute less than 1% to the total UV emission, they still provide valuable insights into the population of faint AGN during the reionization era. Their role in cosmic reionization is likely minor due to dust reddening and low escape fractions of ionizing photons. 7. **Higher-than-expected Number Density**: The higher number density of these faint AGN compared to previous models suggests that faint AGN might be more common in the early Universe than previously thought. This finding has implications for our understanding of SMBH seeding and growth during the early stages of galaxy formation. 8. **Future Observations**: The study highlights the need for further observations with JWST and other instruments to confirm these findings and refine models of AGN evolution. Detailed observations targeting the gap between faint AGN identified by JWST and brighter quasars found in ground-based surveys will be essential for a comprehensive understanding. Overall, the most likely scenario is that these BL Hα emitters represent a population of low-luminosity, dust-obscured AGN at different stages of SMBH growth and host galaxy evolution, contributing valuable information to our understanding of early Universe AGN and their role in cosmic reionization.

[@runed0s86]

What if they're white holes?

[@raysmith984]

@@runed0s86 While the idea that the BL Hα emitters are white holes is intriguing, it's highly speculative and less likely given our current understanding of white holes and the evidence presented in the study. Here are a few points to consider: 1. **Nature of White Holes**: White holes are theoretical opposites of black holes, where nothing can enter and everything inside is ejected. They are solutions to the equations of general relativity but have not been observed in nature. Theoretical models suggest white holes would be extremely short-lived and unlikely to produce the steady emissions observed in AGN. 2. **Observed Properties**: The properties of the BL Hα emitters, such as their broad Hα lines, dust obscuration, and UV-optical colors, align more closely with known characteristics of AGN rather than theoretical predictions for white holes. AGN are known to emit across a broad spectrum, including Hα emission, due to accretion processes around SMBHs. 3. **Spectral Characteristics**: The broad Hα components with FWHM ≈ 2000 km s−1 are consistent with the velocities expected in the broad-line regions of AGN, where gas orbits close to the SMBH. White holes, if they exist, would likely produce very different spectral signatures due to their distinct physical processes. 4. **Galactic Context**: The study also observes star formation in the host galaxies of these emitters. This combination of AGN activity and star formation is well-documented in the context of SMBHs and their host galaxies, but there's no theoretical basis for white holes being embedded in star-forming galaxies. 5. **Evolutionary Sequences**: The evolutionary sequences suggested by the study, where AGN activity grows over time and eventually dominates over star formation, fit well within the framework of SMBH growth models. White holes do not fit into this framework, as they are not associated with accretion and gradual growth. 6. **Evidence and Theory**: Current astrophysical models and evidence do not support the existence of long-lived white holes. The phenomena described in the study-such as gas inflows and outflows, broad emission lines, and dust obscuration-are well-explained by AGN physics. Given these points, while the white hole hypothesis is a fascinating theoretical consideration, the evidence strongly supports the interpretation that these BL Hα emitters are a population of faint AGN with low-luminosity SMBHs, rather than white holes. **References:** - “White Holes and the Separation of the Universe into Two Different Parts.” *European Physical Journal C*, 2018. - Peterson, B. M. *An Introduction to Active Galactic Nuclei*. Cambridge University Press, 1997. - NIRCam and JWST observational studies referenced in the initial study summary.

[@raysmith984]

@@runed0s86 While the idea that the BL Hα emitters are white holes is intriguing, it's highly speculative and less likely given our current understanding of white holes and the evidence presented in the study. Here are a few points to consider: 1. **Nature of White Holes**: White holes are theoretical opposites of black holes, where nothing can enter and everything inside is ejected. They are solutions to the equations of general relativity but have not been observed in nature. Theoretical models suggest white holes would be extremely short-lived and unlikely to produce the steady emissions observed in AGN. 2. **Observed Properties**: The properties of the BL Hα emitters, such as their broad Hα lines, dust obscuration, and UV-optical colors, align more closely with known characteristics of AGN rather than theoretical predictions for white holes. AGN are known to emit across a broad spectrum, including Hα emission, due to accretion processes around SMBHs. 3. **Spectral Characteristics**: The broad Hα components with FWHM ≈ 2000 km s−1 are consistent with the velocities expected in the broad-line regions of AGN, where gas orbits close to the SMBH. White holes, if they exist, would likely produce very different spectral signatures due to their distinct physical processes. 4. **Galactic Context**: The study also observes star formation in the host galaxies of these emitters. This combination of AGN activity and star formation is well-documented in the context of SMBHs and their host galaxies, but there's no theoretical basis for white holes being embedded in star-forming galaxies. 5. **Evolutionary Sequences**: The evolutionary sequences suggested by the study, where AGN activity grows over time and eventually dominates over star formation, fit well within the framework of SMBH growth models. White holes do not fit into this framework, as they are not associated with accretion and gradual growth. 6. **Evidence and Theory**: Current astrophysical models and evidence do not support the existence of long-lived white holes. The phenomena described in the study-such as gas inflows and outflows, broad emission lines, and dust obscuration-are well-explained by AGN physics. Given these points, while the white hole hypothesis is a fascinating theoretical consideration, the evidence strongly supports the interpretation that these BL Hα emitters are a population of faint AGN with low-luminosity SMBHs, rather than white holes. **References:** - “White Holes and the Separation of the Universe into Two Different Parts.” *European Physical Journal C*, 2018. - Peterson, B. M. *An Introduction to Active Galactic Nuclei*. Cambridge University Press, 1997. - NIRCam and JWST observational studies referenced in the initial study summary.

[@Whatthejunk]

Great video man!

[@enhaxed7839]

We found the stargate network.

[@GaiaCarney]

Yes! Stargate 💫

[@SecretSquirrel33]

It's your stargate...

[@Anderson_101]

Now we just need to know the addresses

[@michaeltape8282]

I love all this stuff we are discovering via JWST. Cool time to be alive.

[@BasilSimon]

Fascinating information! It is indeed interesting how so many of these mysterious dots are visible in many random directions. I do have questions that may provoke new thoughts.......... Is it possible that these red dots we see are not in fact complete in their presentation? Is it possible that there are different types of photons that do not travel across the universe as quickly? creating an incomplete visual? Or, is it possible some other type of element or light is an important part of these objects, but is being redirected/absorbed/slowed down/destroyed/converted? Your thoughts will be welcomed! Please reply.

[@paulm749]

It seems that a possible explanation for this phenomenon (and others) is that the universe is significantly older than our current models allow.

[@AlexisOmnis]

There are so many ways that the expansion of the universe could be a simple illusion & therefore, so too could the big bang be

[@Nonsense913]

Until we actually visit these places in the universe, we have no clue what we’re talking about.

[@bicivelo]

⁠@@Nonsense913that’s most likely impossible seeing as how those items may be billions of years old. 😞 What you are looking at is all in the past. Also, a better technology may be developed so wouldn’t actually have to go and check 😊

[@TheRoadLessChosen]

@@AlexisOmnisI always thought the Big Bang was bogus.

[@AlexisOmnis]

@@TheRoadLessChosen I forgot to mention that inflation could therefore be an illusion; one that coincides with the birth of the Earth.q

[@Aoi-mirror]

Yeah, I hope this doesn't turn out to be some bizarre side effect of a defect in the telescope that arises with certain interactions.

[@Rancid-Jane]

That crossed my mind too.

[@angrywasp531]

Yeah, this.

[@JDO-u5f]

Indeed, that was what I was thinking all the time too.

[@jamestrent-nw9zb]

if you stand a jar of cucumbers in dill in front of a jar of thick cut marmalade exactly 80mm from each other, you get the same effect.

[@volrath7367]

Hey all! Love the videos

[@Marcus_Aurelius_6]

6:25 What if we look so deep back in time that we can see the big bang? Those gases are not Spinning. They are traveling toward us in verry high speed.

[@med2904]

We can't see the Big Bang because we are 'inside' of it. If we were outside of the Big Bang, waiting for it to arrive, then when and how were we created?

[@froshen6240]

Well the dots are red, beacuse they are redshifted, so they actually "travel/escape" from us very fast. But I put travel in commas, beacuse it's spacetime expansion actually push them further. About seeing big bang... Well we see background radiation as a remnant of it. And it's most likely that the spacetime actually expands faster than light from our point of observation. So we cannot see it.

[@neutronstorm]

Wasn't the early universe opaque? The red shift of that is the CMBR right?

[@jimnpen8451]

What if we end up seeing around a Taurus and see ourselves and never know it.

[@Mechulus]

What if magnets were birds?

[@DM-MCMLVI]

Interesting topic, thanks Anton! Where did you get those amazing background animations?

[@RobespierreThePoof]

Things like this suggest to me that astrophysics is still a young discipline and that there's still room for several scientific revolutions within it. I've been in academia long enough to notice that some areas of research are far more lively than others.

[@picklepopsickle]

wow are you a freaking genius or something

[@iowafarmboy]

What if super massive black holes are the result of some odd property of anti matter, causing it to collapse into SMBH right after the big bang? Would explain where the missing anti matter went

[@nihlify]

Dark matter might do so, anti-matter makes no sense

[@CaptainMisery86]

Oh I like this theory

[@nadger1337]

The availabilty of condensed matter further back in time could explain faster formation of things that are slower now?

[@mrexists5400]

Aliens trolling with laser pointer

[@DS-11]

Those are mine, I’ll pick em up next week.

[@stantonparker1808]

Anton, How long have the little red dots been noticed? Do they appear to be more concentrated (or less concentrated} in certain large areas of the sky?

[@NeonVisual]

They are the initial formation of black holes as all the light from the star gets redshifted on the event horizon.

[@bunny-nx5263]

My first thought upon seeing the video was 'primordial black holes??'

[@thehellyousay]

and you're sure of this, why ...?

[@NeonVisual]

@@thehellyousay As the star collapses into a back hole, the event horizon forms from the center of mass outward and the light can no longer escape. Any light just outside of the horizon leaves a redshifted image of the infalling light as a 2D hologram on the surface of the event horizon. We never truly see anything fall into a black hole and vanish, a redshifted image of the infalling object imprints on the event horizon as per the black hole information paradox solution. The little red objects were stars before they collapsed and the outgoing light from the star pulled back down under the event horizon.

[@cyfangz9238]

@@NeonVisual dumb astrophysicists should've just asked you.

[@NeonVisual]

@@cyfangz9238 No one asked for your mentalist opinion.

[@jims8828]

Due to massive red-shift as our universe expands, all the star-clusters near the edge of our observable universe should indeed show up as red dots (tiny red splatters, then tiny splatters in the infrared and radio spectrum) before they go dark as they exit our observable universe (the distance to us increasing faster than the speed of light, so subsequent light from them could no longer reach us)

[@freebozkurt9277]

You assume that physical properties and principles are universal and same like in our little pocket. I would challenge it.

[@jims8828]

@@freebozkurt9277 I'm not assuming anything in the abstract "universal" sense, but only assuming expansion taking place in our "observable universe" pocket. Isn't that the whole idea behind "cosmic background radiation"? The red tiny splatters are objects slightly closer to us than the radio frequency "background" that are on the verge of falling out of our observable universe bubble.

[@victorhopper6774]

@@freebozkurt9277 assuming one universe logic would have it expanding at twice the speed of light

[@briansong1440]

Hi Anton. I love your videos. I have one question. I'd appreciate it if you could answer. Do blackholes also consume dark matters?

[@neiljohnson6815]

Warp signatures.

[@thehellyousay]

you wish. that's the problem.

[@JZsBFF]

Unfortunately that would break Einstein's general relativity theory among a couple of other laws of physics.

[@ThePowerLover]

@@JZsBFF Einstein was the first who tried to correct GR...

[@JZsBFF]

@@ThePowerLover In what way, relating to travel at +C?

[@AlexisOmnis]

I think a fundamental property of entangled particles is that they can hide the space between them in extra spatial dimensions. They're effectively the same particle that has been chopped into halves. If by entangling particles allows them to manipulate extra spatial dimensions, like a warp bubble, then it's possible that the dark matter around galaxies is just normal matter and space that is hidden in extra spatial dimensions. Whether or not this is a natural phenomenon or the effect of alien technology, is anyone's guess.

[@chinookvalley]

I love E.O. Wilson's ideas of how we would be approached by alien life. Not for our intelligence or our technologies, but for our creativeness and individuality. They would LOVE you Anton! You would be the poster child of what is the most wonderful thing about being human.

[@WirlWind494]

The assumption that aliens won't be as creative as humans is a stupid fallacy born from a stupid stance: "Humans are just so fucking amazing, right? We're the center of the universe!" We really aren't though, we're not even dust. If our planet exploded, literally no-one would care (because we'd all be dead). Aliens that have the tech level to visit us would be just as creative, if not more so, than us humans. Did their technology just fall from the sky? Of course not, they used creativity and logical reasoning to build it just like us humans. There's literally no reason to assume that we're special and it's safer to assume that we're roughly ant-tier in the list of sentient creatures. Any advanced aliens will probably disdain our music as childish, simple and repetitive. They'd describe our celebrity culture as trite and then diss our AI as a shit-tier non-starter. They might not even bother to take another look at us because we're arrogant and believe that we're unique snowflakes and better than everyone else in the universe. In reality, creativity is a bare-minimum standard required for sentient creatures to build up such a level of technology.

[@robertmoar8588]

The more I learn. The more I'm convinced that everyone in Cosmology is guesstimating everything.

[@joerosen5464]

And you would be correct.🤗

[@Jake12220]

Antimatter - matter explosions in the early universe. Would explain the lack of anti matter left and would have provided the turbulence needed to create large galaxies and black holes so early.

[@dumbbuckets2668]

It doesnt explain the lack of antimatter. The problem isnt that there isnt antimatter. The problem is that there is matter _but not_ antimatter. The asymmetry is the issue.

[@veronicastewart1112]

It's as good a theory as any other.

[@Jake12220]

@@dumbbuckets2668 we know that there is an asymmetry in the amount which is why there is little to none remaining (that we know of) as the particles wiped each other out in the very early universe, leaving only a relatively small amount of matter. But in every large random distribution you will get areas that contain far higher or lower percentages than the average. If some areas had far higher percentages on antimatter (for whatever reason) then those areas could explain the effect when they came in contact with areas that had a higher percentage of matter. I'm not saying this is right, lm just throwing out an idea. When none of the rational options works, start trying the irrational ones.

[@joerosen5464]

Like voting for Trump?🤔

[@BB-gr9hq]

It seems like at least some of the "missing mass" that keeps getting explained by dark matter, keeps turning up as the regular kind of matter.

[@davejones7632]

No it doesn't.

[@SamVilain]

Thanks for making this! I hadn’t heard about these before and love hearing about mysteries of the cosmos :-). Also, I was hearing some odd modulation of your words, like a high-low-high tone coming through in some words which was slightly distracting. English tends to use tones more at the sentence level to emphasize parts of interest and help make out phrase boundaries, not the syllable level to help make out words, as in Italian. Overall your English is great though, but this is an unusual characteristic that I don’t recognize as a European accent, unless you’re a mix like Dutch & Italian or something. Anyway, good stuff, keep going :)

[@Manu-Official]

Anton, you're the best physics teacher I never had in the first place. The more things you expose, the most questions I have. Please keep it up 😗👌

[@Unknown17]

Those are the same things that lady in the park told me!

[@JGambrosia]

Nooooo he doesn’t teach any physics with practical applications. I recommend “Zak’s lab” if you want to learn useful physics

[@chuckbridgeland6181]

Stuck pixels in the simulation.

[@The_RC_Guru]

I sure hope you’re joking.

[@BlankBrain]

I made the same comment, then deleted it when I saw yours.

[@RM-yf2lu]

Or nodes.

[@mojoneko8303]

I was going to post this but you beat me to it. 🙂

[@joelhungerford8388]

When the next even stronger telescope comes online who knows, we may start to cause the simulation to lag and get booted off the server

[@allurbase]

It's super obvious supermassive blackholes came out of the big bang pretty quickly, this would explain their origin, quick galaxy formation and so many other things.

[@Bora_H]

These little red dots are all images of the same thing: The universe moments after the 'big bang'. All light cones return to this point. I've got some good weed in my bowl...

[@larrybuzbee7344]

The 5th fundamental force is, obviously, the power of Rock & Roll, baked into the fabric of the universe from day 1. Those little red dots are primordial gongs being banged, launching great waves of the Rock n Roll boson, the Getiton. Duh.

[@MadBiker-vj5qj]

Rock & Roll is so 20th Century, boy.

[@thehellyousay]

@@MadBiker-vj5qj it's the only music in human history that wasn't pre-ordered to conform. the corporate pap of today is a return to "the music is what we command it to be" paradigm that has rued human civilisation for thousands of years. face it, the mid 60s to the early 80s was the only time any of the music we heard was what the musicians wanted it to be as opposed to what those running the gong show wanted it to be. cry hard. you have no clue what might have been because you were robbed of it before you were even born, let alone old enough to appreciate it.

[@larrybuzbee7344]

@@thehellyousay A Zappa fan I presume? Me 2.

[@MadBiker-vj5qj]

@@thehellyousay You seem to misunderstand. My reference was to a Marc Bolan/ T Rex Song, "20th Century Boy", continuing on from the references in the OP. ... . And yes, I'm old enough to remember it from the first time around.

[@larrybuzbee7344]

@@MadBiker-vj5qj Good call on the TRex reference. 👍

[@hitzar]

Улыбка в конце - зачет!

[@jamez2]

When will we stop saying the universe is 13.8 billion years old? Every day we see more evidence that it isn't true.

[@G00GLEIsTR4SH]

I'm not saying it's Aliens, but, it's Aliens....👽

[@Auroral_Anomaly]

Oh of course, because it’s a red dot, it’s OBVIOUSLY an alien.🤦‍♂️

[@jh9496]

60% of the time it’s them everytime

[@guynorth3277]

'UAP' - but seriously who cares, when they drop by for a beer then I will get excited.

[@12bigredd]

Sisth aliens :) fingers c rossed

[@Deletirium]

​@@Auroral_Anomaly r/whoosh

[@brianhatfield9782]

Since the idea of dark energy and dark matter were mainly a way of describing 'something is there that we can't see or detect', I'm wondering if this is some of that missing matter and energy. Fascinating stuff!

[@cookymonstr7918]

Sorry for being so dumb, but what else did "we" expect to see at the very edge of anything available to be seen other than something A: Extremely bright, B: Extremely red ?

[@adambattersby8934]

How are they so bright at such a vast distance?

[@RobbieBobbie98]

Apparently the universe has a shelf life that’s not evolving but collapsing. Space is a vacuum under compression that causes a separation of matter. It’s a decrease in compression. This was first observed when the universe was expanding, “reduced compression.” As it continues to expand and compression is reduced black holes will quite possibly reverse and release matter into space.

[@joerosen5464]

Or not.🥳

[@joseywales6168]

There's a really bright one in the "Interacting Galaxies ARP 142" image. It's on the left side a bit below where the galaxy is, about 3/4 of the way down the picture

[@phaedrussocrates7636]

Ah, warp bubbles obviously 💁☺️😻

[@t3e_e]

Star gatesssss. Perhaps one is held open above Skinwalker ;)

[@freeamericanthinker558]

Mirconovas?

[@Auroral_Anomaly]

Way bigger than that…

[@TheSkyGuy77]

Macro-novas?

[@u.v.s.5583]

@@TheSkyGuy77 More like supermacronovas or hypersupermacronovae.

[@justincase5272]

Red Dots: Extremely distant, fast-moving, red-shifted galaxies with SMBHs at their center.

[@guidopahlberg9413]

my theory: The universe was there before the big bang. Some massive galaxy cores survived the phase of instability and can be seen since the moment that the universe became transparent again.

[@Terran.Marine.2]

Could be, no one knows.