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Astronomers using the Hubble Space Telescope have found the strongest evidence yet for a rare, "intermediate-mass" black hole (IMBH). These mid-sized black holes are a long-sought "missing link" in black hole evolution, falling between stellar-mass black holes and the supermassive black holes found at the centers of most galaxies.
This particular IMBH candidate, estimated to be over 50,000 times the mass of our Sun, was identified in a dense star cluster on the outskirts of another galaxy. Its existence was betrayed when it likely tore apart a wayward star, causing a powerful flare of X-rays. This discovery helps scientists understand how the universe's most massive black holes might have formed.
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Credit: NASA, ESA, and D. Lin (University of New Hampshire)
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