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This image of the area around galactic centre is a composite of images taken in X-ray, optical, and infrared wavelengths

The centre of our galaxy may be swarming with 10,000 black holes

4 April 2018

We knew that the centre of the Milky Way was home to a supermassive black hole. But now we’ve also spotted evidence of 10,000 smaller black holes flanking it

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