Is An Elusive Intermediate Mass Black Hole Eating a Star in This Distant Galaxy?

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This image shows an object that astronomers think could be an intermediate-mass black hole (IMBH), a rare class of black holes. Called NGC 6099 HLX-1 and labeled in this image, this black hole seems to reside in a compact star cluster in a giant elliptical galaxy. The object's unusual x-ray emissions revealed its presence to the Hubble Space Telescope and the Chandra X-ray Observatory. Image Credit: X-ray: NASA/CXC/Inst. of Astronomy, Taiwan/Y-C Chang; Optical/UV: NASA/ESA/STScI/HST; Image Processing: NASA/STScI/J. DePasquale

NASA’S Hubble Space Telescope and NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory have detected evidence of what could be an Intermediate Mass Black Hole eating a star. It’s in a galaxy 450 million light-years away, and unusual x-ray emissions highlight its location.

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