When mid-infrared wavelengths are included, the Virgil galaxy appears to contain an enormous, active black hole, with no sign of that black hole visible in ultraviolet or visible wavelengths.
Sources
- A scientist looked at 'little red dots' in the early Universe and found a black hole that shouldn't exist | BBC Sky at Night Magazine (skyatnightmagazine.com)
- https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/what-are-jwsts-little-red-dots-astronomers-may-finally-have-an-answer/ (scientificamerican.com)
- https://news.arizona.edu/news/monster-hiding-plain-sight-jwst-reveals-cosmic-shapeshifter-early-universe (news.arizona.edu)
- https://www.space.com/astronomy/galaxies/james-webb-space-telescope-watches-jekyll-and-hyde-galaxy-shapeshift-into-a-cosmic-monster (space.com)
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