Thursday, July 23, 2026

Hubble Discovers the First "Missing" Black Hole in this Famous Star Cluster

Astronomers found Omega Centauri’s first stellar-mass black hole, which has a visible star companion that is shown in greater detail. Credit: ESA/NASA/MPIA/STScI

Combining over 20 years of archival data from Hubble with new data from the James Webb Space Telescope, a team of astronomers has found the first of the "missing" black holes.



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