Speedy stars blow the cover of hidden black hole

Daryl Haggard () and Adrienne Cool ()

Nature, 2024, vol. 631, issue 8020, 280-281

Abstract: Fast-moving stars have been discovered in the middle of the nearby star cluster ω Centauri using two decades of Hubble Space Telescope imaging. The stars offer evidence of a long-sought intermediate-mass black hole.

Keywords: Astronomy; and; astrophysics (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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DOI: 10.1038/d41586-024-02135-9

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