Elusive medium-sized black holes may form in ‘dense birth nests’

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Researchers have found that elusive intermediate-mass black holes can form in dense star clusters containing anywhere from tens of thousands to millions of tightly packed stars called “globular clusters.” An intermediate-mass black hole has a mass between 100 and 10,000 suns. They are heavier than solar-mass black holes, which have a mass range between 10 … Read more