What keeps University of Utah researcher Anil Seth up at night and brimming with enthusiasm?
The discovery of what he and other scientists say is the best solid evidence so far indicating a black hole in the star cluster Omega Centauri.
“This is a once-in-a-career kind of finding,” he said. “Every time I think about it, I have a hard time sleeping. I think that extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence. This is really, truly extraordinary evidence.”
Seth is associate professor of astronomy at the University of Utah and co-principal investigator of a study published Wednesday in the journal Nature detailing the closest known example of a black hole — about 18,000 light years way.
Read more about what the study tells us about Omega Centauri and its black hole.
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