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Cueball asks researchers in different subjects to identify "little red dots" in an image from the {{w|James Webb Space Telescope}} (referred to in the caption as "JWST").
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oh yeah by the way if ur actually wondering about the explanation the little red dots are young black holes from 500-700 million years after the Big Bang in the JWST telescope
 
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Jasper (#d73b3e) and Vermillion (#e34234, sometimes called Cinnabar)
 
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Clover mites(someone please make this a link to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clover_mite ) (Bryobia praetiosa) are very small Red Spiders. (make this a link to https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/Category:Red_Spiders )
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Revision as of 05:01, 26 February 2026

Little Red Dots
After a lot of analysis, I've determined that they're actually big red dots; they're just very far away.
Title text: After a lot of analysis, I've determined that they're actually big red dots; they're just very far away.

Explanation

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Cueball asks researchers in different subjects to identify "little red dots" in an image from the James Webb Space Telescope (referred to in the caption as "JWST").

oh yeah by the way if ur actually wondering about the explanation the little red dots are young black holes from 500-700 million years after the Big Bang in the JWST telescope

Cherry angiomas are very common, harmless, non-cancerous skin growths made of clusters of dilated capillaries, appearing as bright red, smooth, or slightly raised spots.

Stuck pixels are pixels that do not work properly, and are stuck to one single color.

Jasper (#d73b3e) and Vermillion (#e34234, sometimes called Cinnabar)

Clover mites (Bryobia praetiosa) are very small Red Spiders.

Transcript

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[Caption above all the panels:]
Astronomers asking researchers from different departments to help them identify the "little red dots" in JWST images:
[In each panel, Cueball stands at the left of an easel. The easel is shown each time as having a black image with three red dots on it. At the right of the easel in each panel is a different character looking at the image on the easel and commenting on it. At the top of each panel is a caption indicating the type of researcher commenting on the image.]
Caption: Entomologists
Megan: Clover mites.
Caption: Computer scientists
Knit Cap: Stuck pixels.
Caption: Dermatologists
Ponytail: Cherry angiomas.
Caption: Graphic designers
Hairy: No, those are vermillion, or maybe jasper.
Hairy: Can I see your color settings?

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Discussion

Everyone why is absolutely nothing here yet Ehogin (talk) 03:08, 26 February 2026 (UTC)

Because this comic came out like 2 hours ago. Xkdvd (talk) 04:17, 26 February 2026 (UTC)
Yeah by the amount of people who read xkcd you would think at least 100 people saw this and did not do anything for two hours Ehogin (talk) 04:45, 26 February 2026 (UTC)
Its not a question of how many people read xkcd, its how many people use explain xkcd, and edit, and know what to put here. EDIT: forgot my signature. oops. Xkdvd (talk) 04:51, 26 February 2026 (UTC)
OK, we want something here? I get Clover Mites a lot. On the patio table, on the deck chairs. On the car, but I fooled them this time: I got a cherry-red car. Maybe they got into the JWST? --PRR (talk) 05:32, 26 February 2026 (UTC)

Current title text explanation seems like a bit of a stretch to me; see 2359 for a more refined take on explaining a very a similar joke. 204.77.3.72 08:32, 26 February 2026 (UTC)

Sure, whatever you say Father Dougal. --2A10:D586:3E93:0:21B8:BB66:6F56:9A06 08:53, 26 February 2026 (UTC)
TV criminologists: a pattern centred on the killer's home. 194.75.188.171 11:15, 26 February 2026 (UTC)
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