It’s the JWST’s Turn To Look For An Intermediate Mass Black Hole

Omega Centauri is the largest globular cluster in the Milky Way. Astronomers think it might host an elusive intermediate-mass black hole, and new research tests that possibility. It used the JWST to probe the candidate IMBH's accretion rate. Image Credit: By ESO - https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso0844a/, CC BY 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=6283919

Astronomers have acquired evidence that Omega Centauri, the largest-known globular cluster in the Milky Way, hosts an intermediate mass black hole (IMBH). These elusive objects should exist, according to theory, but have been difficult to verify. The IMBH in Omega Centauri is considered a candidate black hole, and new research examined the region with the JWST for any conclusive evidence.

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