The nearest midsized black hole might instead be a horde of lightweights
A claim of an intermediate-mass black hole in a Milky Way star cluster comes under scrutiny
![A bright concentration of stars on a dark sky.](https://i0.wp.com/www.sciencenews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/081424_kc_omega_centauri_feat.jpg?fit=1030%2C580&ssl=1)
Visible to the naked eye under a dark sky, Omega Centauri is one of our galaxy’s most luminous star clusters, boasting millions of old stars — but no evidence for a previously reported intermediate-mass black hole, according to a new study.
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