'Black hole police' discover the first dormant black hole outside the Milky Way - Daily Mail

A dormant black hole has been identified orbiting a star outside the Milky Way. A team of international researchers called the 'black hole police' identified it with the Very Large Telescope in Chile.

A dormant black hole at least nine times the mass of the Sun has been discovered just 160,000 light years from Earth, orbiting a star. A team of researchers known as the 'black hole police' because … [+7254 chars]

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