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Little Red Dots Up in The Sky

                   Little        Red                  
                 Dots  pop  up  on the                
               screen,    The   funniest              
             things   you've   ever  seen.            
           Astronomers  squint  with knitted          
         brow,  "What's  James Webb showing us        
       now?"    Tiny   red   dots   before   our      
     eyes,    Blink    and   you'll   miss   their    
   tiny disguise. "Galaxies?" "Black holes?" "Nobody  
 knows!"  "Perhaps  -  they're  not  quite dots," Fred
 billows.     We've    found    three    hundred—maybe
   more.  Tiny  red  specks by heaven's door. Perhaps 
    ~  they're   what   we've  searched  to  find ~   
      since  first  we  dreamed of space and time.    
       A   baby   starburst,   just   born,  Not      
         long   since  the  cosmic  dawn.  Just       
          ten  million  years  of  age,  they         
              say,      Twelve       billion          
  light-years  away! 
           WOW - How            
                      Significant!                    
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Hey diddle diddle,
Little Red Dot in the middle,
As James Webb peeped up in the sky.
The astronomers cried,
"What a wonderful find!"
As the Little Red Dot just winked, "Nice Try!"

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Alison A Smith July 29, 2026 at 9:23 PM Nice little ditty this poem makes. John Anderson July 29, 2026 at 9:29 PM Yeah thanks - I was tempted to use 'Little Red Riding Hood' - but it's a bit dark! By the way have you seen my blog on concrete? I'm a scientist but I think the deep space stuff is silly nonsense !