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New findings reveal a black hole with at least 8,200 solar masses, bridging the gap between stellar-mass and supermassive black holes.
- Located 18,000 light-years from Earth, Omega Centauri's black hole is the nearest known intermediate-mass black hole.
- The discovery was made using over 20 years of Hubble Space Telescope data, tracking the motion of 1.4 million stars.
- Seven high-speed stars near the cluster's core provided key evidence for the black hole's presence.
- Omega Centauri is believed to be the remnant core of a dwarf galaxy consumed by the Milky Way.
- Future observations with advanced telescopes aim to further explore the black hole's properties.
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