A quiet black hole whispers its origin story

Scientists say that they have identified the first confirmed ‘X-ray quiet’ black hole outside the Milky Way.

A dormant black hole spotted outside our Galaxy provides a glimpse of the processes that accompany the formation of these extreme objects¹.

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Nature 607, 639 (2022)

doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-022-01970-y

Shenar, T. et al. Nature Astron. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41550-022-01730-y (2022).
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