Black hole found in enigmatic Omega Centauri

[Paxo]

A new discovery has resolved some of the mystery surrounding Omega Centauri, the largest and brightest globular cluster in the sky. Images obtained with the Advanced Camera for Surveys onboard the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope and data obtained by the GMOS spectrograph on the Gemini South telescope in Chile show that Omega Centauri appears to harbour an elusive intermediate-mass black hole in its centre.

For the full story, take a look at:

http://www.physorg.com/news126355560.html

Steve..

[Talitha]

"...this new result suggests Omega Centauri is not a globular cluster at all, but a dwarf galaxy stripped of its outer stars."

:shock: Wow..

Thanks for the link, Steve! :thumbup:

[algol]

wow indeed, thats some freaky stuff there.

[Sam]

Thanks for posting that - fascinating!!

[Kaptain Klevtsov]

Very interesting stuff. I wonder if these newly discovered black holes contain the dark matter that everybody's been looking for?

Kaptain Klevtsov