April 17, 2025 7:07 PM

Indian telescope uncovers elusive intermediate-mass black hole

Indian astronomers have detected and measured the properties of an elusive intermediate-mass black hole (IMBH) located in a faint galaxy about 4.3 million light-years away, offering new insights into the mysterious “middleweight” class of black holes. The discovery was made using India’s largest optical telescope, the 3.6-metre Devasthal Optical Telescope (DOT), operated by the Aryabhatta Research Institute of Observational Sciences (ARIES), an autonomous institute under the Department of...