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- Scientists led by Raphael Hviding at the Max Planck Institute identified the X-ray-emitting little red dot 3DHST-AEGIS-12014, 11.8 billion light-years away.
- They combined Chandra data with JWST images.
- Anna de Graaff asked why most red dwarfs lack X-ray emission.
- Hanpu Liu said confirming the X-ray dot would prove black-hole growth drives red dwarfs.
- The team said gas gaps let X-rays escape, the signal sat in archives for ten years, and called for observations.
