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Relic of shredded galaxy captured
Astronomers using the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope have discovered a cluster of young blue stars surrounding a mid-sized black hole called HLX-1. The discovery suggests that the black hole formed in the core of a now-disintegrated dwarf galaxy. The findings have important implications for understanding the evolution of supermassive black holes and galaxies. Astronomers know how massive stars collapse
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