bright star cluster known as Omega Centauri. This densely-packed, spherical cloud of millions of stars is about 17,000 light years away. Black holes can’t be observed directly, since their ...
The star cluster is named Palomar 5, and it stretches out over 30,000 light-years. It is located about 80,000 light-years away. The discovery of the black holes was announced in 2021.
Using the Gaia space telescope, astronomers have observed 55 massive stars ejected from their home star cluster in the Large ... leaving behind black holes or neutron stars, will behave like ...