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

Scientists may have finally solved the problem of the universe’s ‘missing’ black holes

A black hole is so compact that nothing can escape its gravitational pull, not even light.

The early universe contained far fewer miniatures black holes than previously thought, making the origin of our cosmos’ missing matter an even greater mystery, a new study suggests. Miniature or primordial black holes (PBHs) are black holes thought to have formed in the first fractions of a second after the Big Bang. According to leading … Read more