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Black hole debate settled? Stellar-mass black holes found at the heart of the Milky Way's largest star cluster

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Black hole debate settled? Stellar -mass black holes found at heart of the Milky Way's largest star cluster.

Omega Centauri is a massive star cluster with nearly ten million stars located in the constellation Centaurus.

A cluster of black holes is expected to form at the centre of Omega Centauri as a result of stellar evolution.

Story Source: Journal Reference: - Andr'es Bañares-Hernández, Francesca Calore , Jorge Martin Camalich , Justin I. Read . New constraints on the central mass contents of Omega Centauri from combined stellar kinematics and pulsar timing. Astronomy & Astrophysics , 2024 ; DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/202451763 Cite This Page:.