NASA's Hubble Hunts for Intermediate-Sized Black Hole Close to Home

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NASA's Hubble Hunts for Intermediate-Sized Black Hole Close to Home
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Tuesday, May 23, 2023 - 10:00
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Astronomers using Hubble have come up with what they say is some of their best evidence yet for the presence of a rare class of "intermediate-sized" black hole that may be lurking in the heart of the closest globular star cluster to Earth.
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The field is filled with stars against a black background. Stars are more dense at image center and taper off toward the edges. Star colors are mainly white and blue-white with a smattering of large, orangish stars.