Hubble and James Webb Telescopes Discover First 'Missing' Black Hole in Omega Centauri

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15 July 2026 at 11:23 am

Hubble and James Webb Telescopes Discover First 'Missing' Black Hole in Omega Centauri

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Astronomers using the Hubble and James Webb space telescopes have discovered the first of 10,000 predicted stellar-mass black holes in the Omega Centauri star cluster. This black hole, named oMEGACat BH-2, was identified by observing a star orbiting a massive, dark object, confirming it is too massive to be a neutron star.

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