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Contact: Dr Sean Farrell
saf28@star.le.ac.uk
44-011-625-25388
University of Leicester
Caption: This is an artist's impression of the new source HLX-1 (represented by the light blue object to the top left of the galactic bulge) in the periphery of the edge-on spiral galaxy ESO 243-49. This is the first strong evidence for the existence of intermediate mass black holes.
Credit: Heidi Sagerud.
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Related news release: New class of black holes discovered
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