HLX-1 (IMAGE)

Lomonosov Moscow State University

HLX-1

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A unique object called HLX-1 (Hyper-Luminous X-ray source 1) is now the only reliable candidate as the intermediate-mass black hole.

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NASA, ESA, S.Farrell (Sydney Institute for Astronomy, University of Sydney))

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