JWST’s little red dots mystery FINALLY solved?! | Night Sky News June 2026

By Dr. Becky

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This video is sponsored by MEL Science. Get a year of science for just $22.45 per month! Visit https://melscience.com/sBgo/ and use code DRBECKY12 at checkout. This special offer is available until August 3rd #MELScience #STEM #ScienceEducation Welcome back to Night Sky News for June 2026! In this episode we’re chatting about the big news from JWST as we get closer to an explanation for the little red dots, plus the latest Artemis drama with the announcement of the crew for Artemis III. And as always, what you can see in the night sky this coming month! Papers mentioned: Kokorev et al. (2026) - https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/1538-4357/ae4ed7/pdf Labbe et al. (2023) https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/1538-4357/ad3551/pdf Matthee et al. (2024) - https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/1538-4357/ad2345/pdf Kokorev et al. (2024) - https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/1538-4357/ad4265/pdf Labbé et al (2023) - https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-023-05786-2

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