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MACHO-96-BLG-5 CTIO
- Object NameObject NameA name or catalog number that astronomers use to identify an astronomical object.MACHO-96-BLG-5
- Release DateJanuary 13, 2000
- Science ReleaseLone Black Holes Discovered Adrift in the Galaxy
- CreditScience Release Credit: NASA and Dave Bennett (University of Notre Dame, Indiana)
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Lone Black Hole Passes in Front of Star
[Left] Two images of a crowded starfield as seen through a ground-based telescope show the subtle brightening of a star due to the effect of gravitational microlensing, where an invisible but massive foreground object passes in front of the star and amplifies its light. The...
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