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Flipboard Science Desk (sciencedesk@flipboard.social)'s status on Tuesday, 16-Jul-2024 07:51:14 JST Flipboard Science Desk

Astronomers may have found a rare "missing link" black hole in the Milky Way after spotting a group of improbably fast-moving stars at the heart of a nearby stellar cluster. If confirmed, the cosmic juggernaut, known as an intermediate-mass black hole (IMBH), would be the second-largest black hole ever found in our galaxy. More from Live Science: https://flip.it/IgYWZI
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1. Milky Way's rarest black hole may lurk behind 7 stars that 'shouldn't be there'
  
  Seven strangely-behaving stars in the Milky Way's Omega Centauri cluster may be under the influence of an extremely rare type of black hole, new research suggests.

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