Astronomers have found the first stellar-mass black hole in Omega Centauri, locked with a star in a 94-year orbit — the longest-period black hole binary yet found
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"Astronomers have found the first stellar-mass black hole in Omega Centauri, locked with a star in a 94-year orbit — the longest-period black hole binary yet found" is generating significant coverage in the Science category, with 1 articles from 1 distinct sources tracked by PULSE so far.
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- 10,000 black holes are missing, but we’ve finally found 1 EarthSky · 19d ago
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