Astronomers using archival Hubble data and supporting James Webb Space Telescope observations located the first stellar-mass black hole found in the star cluster Omega Centauri.
Sources
- Science News - Astrophysics Science Division (science.gsfc.nasa.gov)
- https://esahubble.org/news/heic2610/ (esahubble.org)
- https://attheu.utah.edu/facultystaff/nasas-hubble-discovers-first-of-star-clusters-missing-black-holes/ (attheu.utah.edu)
- https://www.sci.news/astronomy/omega-centauris-first-stellar-mass-black-hole-14928.html (sci.news)
- https://www.space.com/astronomy/black-holes/the-1st-of-10-000-missing-black-holes-in-the-omega-centauri-star-cluster-has-been-found-by-the-hubble-and-james-webb-space-telescopes (space.com)
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