Astronomers have found a VERY sneaky black hole

There is always something new and exciting happening in the field of black hole research. Albert Einstein first published his book explaining the theory of general relativity – which postulated black holes – in 1922. One hundred years later, astronomers captured actual images of the black hole at the center of the Milky Way. In a recent paper, a team of astronomers describes another exciting new discovery: the first “dormant” black hole observed outside of the galaxy. I am an astrophysicist who has studied black holes – the most dense objects in the universe – for nearly two decades. Dormant…

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