Hubble Uncovers Concentration of Small Black Holes

  • Released Thursday, February 11, 2021
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Astronomers on the hunt for an intermediate-mass black hole at the heart of the globular cluster NGC 6397, found something they weren’t expecting: a concentration of smaller black holes lurking there instead of one massive black hole.

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Music Credits:
"Glass Ships" by Chris Constantinou [PRS] and Paul Frazer [PRS] via Killer Tracks [BMI] and Universal Production Music.

Visual Credits:
Artist’s Impression of the Black Hole Concentration in NGC 6397
Video credit: ESA/Hubble, N. Bartmann

Callout of the Black Hole Concentration in NGC 6397
Video credit: ESA/Hubble, N. Bartmann

Artist Rendition of Gaia Spacecraft
Image credit: ESA, C. Carreau

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This page was originally published on Thursday, February 11, 2021.
This page was last updated on Wednesday, May 3, 2023 at 1:44 PM EDT.

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