The loneliest Black Hole in the Universe
Can an isolated black hole drift aimlessly through space, born and flung out from the collapsing core of a massive star? And it turns out; it can! Scientists have announced the first-ever clear discovery of a free-floating black hole — a rogue wanderer in the void about 5,000 light-years from Earth.
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Sources:
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Credits:
Event Horizon Telescope Collaboration
Aurore Simonnet and NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center
NASA/CXC/Villanova University/J. Neilsen
NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center/Chris Smith (USRA/GESTAR)
NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center/CI Lab
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ESO/M.Kornmesser
NASA, ESA, STScI, Joseph Olmsted
UC Berkeley
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