Astronomers debate whether tiny red dots are fast-growing black holes

UPDATE - follow-up to Overmassive black holes and little red dots naturally form in simulations - Nature: New computer simulations show that overmassive black holes and mysterious little red dots can form naturally in space. Astronomers are now arguing about whether these little red dots found by the Webb telescope are actually black holes or a new type of black hole star. These giant black holes grew to one million solar masses much faster than expected. ScienceDaily reports that these objects are growing at incredible speeds. Meanwhile, The New York Times notes that massive black holes may have started out as these little red dots.