Astronomers have found evidence for a long-sought intermediate-mass black hole at the center of Omega Centauri, the largest and brightest globular cluster visible from our planet. Check this article to learn more.
Astronomers said on Wednesday they have found the strongest evidence yet of a medium-sized black hole, the strange absence of which has been one of the enduring mysteries of the cosmos.
An international team of astronomers has analyzed over 500 images from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope, spanning two decades, to identify seven rapidly moving stars in the core of Omega Centauri, the largest and brightest globular…
Most known black holes are either extremely massive, like the supermassive black holes that lie at the cores of large galaxies, or relatively lightweight, with a mass of under 100 times that of the Sun. Intermediate-mass black holes (IMBHs…