The NASA Hubble Space Telescope seems to be getting better with age. How else do you explain the fact that it is revealing information that has remained secret even in today's age. The space observatory, which recently completed its 32 years in space, has reached yet another historic milestone. For the first time ever in the history of humanity’s space exploration, we have been able to isolate the location and mass of a black hole inside our Milky Way Galaxy. And it gets more interesting. The observed black hole is also of a “wandering” variety, meaning that it is traveling through the galaxy. In fact, it is travelling at a humongous 100,000 miles an hour! This is a rare phenomenon and this is what made finding out the data about it possible. So, what exactly did Hubble find out and what new revelations around black holes does it provide? Read on to find out. Also read: Hubble Telescope captures giant star 32x larger than Sun, but it will die first! Check breathtaking NASA photo
Through recent research, scientists have found out that the Milky Way is filled with black holes. Despite them being invisible to us as it absorbs all light instead of emitting it, scientists have been able to identify them by observing its impact on nearby stars. When a nearby star behaves unnaturally, it is usually a sign there is a black hole nearby. However, pinpointing their location or size is difficult as the information found is purely relative. This is where this wandering black hole presented itself as a unique gift to the astronomical community.
Generally, black holes either gravitate and occupy the space around the center of the galaxy, or they are found in binary systems paired with another star. However, this particular black hole
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