A supra-massive population of stellar-mass black holes in the globular cluster Palomar 5

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Gaia Detected an Entire Swarm of Black Holes Traveling Through The Milky Way

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From The University of Barcelona [Universidad de Barcelona](ES): “Discover a population of large black holes in the Palomar star cluster 5”

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From The University of Barcelona [Universidad de Barcelona](ES) 05/07/2021 [Just found this 1.18.25] Map of the Milky Way…

Gaia Detected an Entire Swarm of Black Holes Moving Through The Milky Way

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Entire Swarm of Black Holes Detected Moving Through The Milky Way

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