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First Confirmed Black Hole in Omega Centauri | Science News
After years of searching, scientists have finally confirmed the first stellar-mass black hole in the dense star cluster Omega Centauri — a cosmic jackpot found by reanalyzing two decades of Hubble data and new Webb observations. One star’s odd motion revealed it’s orbiting something massive and invisible: a black hole. Lead researcher Matthew Whitaker calls this the first drop in a coming downpour, with future missions like Gaia and Nancy Grace Roman poised to uncover dozens more. This breakthrough proves that staring closely at existing data — and the sky — can reveal hidden giants lurking…
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