Hubble Confirms Invisible Black Hole By A Star's 94-Year Wobble
Omega Centauri is modeled to hide roughly 10,000 more such black holes, none ever imaged by a telescope.
- oMEGACat BH-2 weighs 4.46 solar masses, orbits a lighter star every 94 years.
- Matthew Whitaker's University of Utah team combined 20 years of Hubble data with James Webb observations.
- Omega Centauri: 10 million stars, 12 billion years old, 18,000 light-years from Earth.
Why it matters: Nothing was seen directly: the black hole is confirmed only by what it does to a visible star.
NASA Science (Hubble mission page) ↗ · Jul 14, 20267/14/26 · ✓ Checked✓ Check