In a new groundbreaking announcement, astronomers have announced the discovery of a black hole at the center of Omega Centauri, the largest star cluster in the Milky Way, located approximately 18,000 light-years from Earth.
The discovery was made by a team led by Maximilian Häberle, a PhD student at the Max Planck Institute for Astronomy in Germany. The team observed unusual activity at the core of Omega Centauri, which is home to about ten million stars.
Through detailed calculations simulating the movements of these seven stars, the team determined that the mysterious force was a black hole.
This black hole, nestled at the heart of Omega Centauri, has a mass equivalent to 8,200 Suns.
The finding provides the best evidence yet of such a missing link in the study of star clusters and black holes, shedding new light on the dynamics and evolution of the Milky Way.