Best Evidence Yet for Intermediate-sized Black Holes

Published: April 8, 2020, 5:35 a.m.

b'Best evidence yet for intermediate-sized black holes.
Astronomers have their best evidence yet for the existence of intermediate-sized black holes -- a long sort after missing link in black hole observations.

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