Hubble finds strong evidence for intermediate-mass black hole in Omega Centauri
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Originally Posted by ESA, 10 July 2024
An international team of astronomers has used more than 500 images from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope spanning two decades to detect seven fast-moving stars in the innermost region of Omega Centauri, the largest and brightest globular cluster in the sky. These stars provide compelling new evidence for the presence of an intermediate-mass black hole.