COSMIC DISCOVERY: Scientists find a 'needle in a haystack' dormant black hole - Daily Maverick

Astronomers have spotted in a galaxy adjacent to our Milky Way what they are calling a cosmic 'needle in a haystack' - a black hole that not only is classified as dormant but appears to have been born without the explosion of a dying star.

Black holes are extraordinarily dense objects with gravity so intense not even light can escape. This one, with a mass at least nine times greater than our sun, was detected in the Tarantula Nebula … [+3284 chars]

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