Neat News 2392 (added 2022-07-19)

Black hole in neighbouring galaxy

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The first black hole outside the Milky Way, namely in the Large Magellanic Cloud, has been detected. It has a mass of more than nine times that of the Sun and forms a system with a star of about 25 times the mass of the Sun.

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News seen at: Der Spiegel - Science (in German)