NASA's Hubble Hunts for Intermediate-Sized Black Hole Close to Home
Tuesday, May 23, 2023 - 11:35
in Astronomy & Space
Portal origin URL: NASA's Hubble Hunts for Intermediate-Sized Black Hole Close to HomePortal origin nid: 487306Published: Tuesday, May 23, 2023 - 10:00Featured (stick to top of list): noPortal text teaser: 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.Portal image: 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.