{
  "id": 7811259,
  "title": "Overmassive black holes and little red dots naturally form in simulations",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/16/overmassive-black-holes-and-little-red-dots-naturally-form-in",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-09-16T00:00:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Nature",
    "slug": "nature",
    "url": "https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-026-10985-8"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Nature, Published online: 16 September 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10985-8 Observations from the JWST reveal an unexpectedly abundant population of little red dots and overmassive black holes in the early Universe, which are confirmed by their formation in fully cosmological radiation-hydrodynamic simulations.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 3,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Quanta Magazine",
        "title": "Black Holes or Black Hole Stars? Astronomers Spar Over Webb Telescope’s ‘Little Red Dots.’",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/14/black-holes-or-black-hole-stars-astronomers-spar-over-webb-telescopes",
        "published": "2026-09-14T15:20:48.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Universe Today",
        "title": "Little Red Dots Are The Seeds of Quasars and Supermassive Black Holes",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/17/little-red-dots-are-the-seeds-of-quasars-and-supermassive-black-holes",
        "published": "2026-09-17T15:08:31.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}