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Scientists Spot an Exceptionally Rare ‘Intermediate’ Black Hole Eating a Star

Scientists Spot an Exceptionally Rare ‘Intermediate’ Black Hole Eating a Star

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A galaxy with a bright core is shown. An inset zooms in on a glowing purple spot labeled "HLX-1," highlighting a specific object within the galaxy against a field of stars.

NASA's Hubble Space Telescope and Chandra X-Ray Observatory may be relatively old space observatories, but that doesn't stop them from making groundbreaking cosmological discoveries. The two telescopes just spotted an extremely rare type of black hole currently eating a star in space.

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