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Astronomers Uncover a Cosmic Giant: The Hidden Black Hole Next Door
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Astronomers Uncover a Cosmic Giant: The Hidden Black Hole Next Door

The Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC), a satellite galaxy of the Milky Way, hosts a newly discovered supermassive black hole. Astronomers used the European Space Agency’s Gaia satellite to detect this black hole through the observation of hypervelocity stars. Hypervelocity stars result from interactions with supermassive black holes, flinging them through space at immense speeds. This […]

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