Astronomers located the first stellar-mass black hole in the massive globular star cluster Omega Centauri.

Omega Centauri

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University of Utah astronomers

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When

Wed, 15 Jul 2026 03:06:48 GMT · 5h 13m ago

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Omega Centauri ·

Why

Astronomers harnessed data from NASA telescopes to locate the black hole.

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This discovery marks the first identification of a stellar-mass black hole within the Omega Centauri globular cluster, a finding that has puzzled astronomers.

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