Black Hole of 'elusive' class discovered, scientists say it may be cosmic 'missing link'

In a recent discovery, scientists found what could be called best evidence of an intermediate-mass black hole.  black hole was of an elusive class kwn as "intermediate-mass" and betrayed its existence by tearing apart a wayward star that passed too close. According to reports, it was discovered using combined power of two X-ray observatories along with NASA’s Hubble Telescope.

Intermediate-mass black holes

According to reports, newly discovered black hole weighs about 50,000 times mass of our Sun but weighs smaller than supermassive black holes that lie at cores of large galaxies. However, it is larger than  stellar-mass black holes formed by collapse of a massive star and refore qualifies as an intermediate-mass black hole.

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Talking about se kinds of black holes, NASA on its website wrote,

 “se so-called intermediate-mass black holes (IMBHs) are a long-sought "missing link" in black hole evolution. Though re have been a few or IMBH candidates, researchers consider se new observations strongest evidence yet for mid-sized black holes in universe.”

Dacheng Lin, from  University of New Hampshire in Durham, US, who led study reportedly said that Intermediate-mass black holes are very elusive objects, and so it is critical to carefully consider and rule out alternative explanations for each candidate, "That is what Hubble has allowed us to do for our candidate," he said.

What is a black hole?

NASA describes a black hole as a place in where gravity pulls so much that even light can t get out. gravity inside a black hole is so strong because of  large amount of matter squeezed into a small . It could happen when a star dying. Black Holes are invisible as people cant see m however, telescopes with special tools can see m.

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