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Hungry black hole may be cosmic 'missing link'.

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A team of astronomers has found what it says is the best evidence yet for an elusive class of black hole.
They say the presumed "intermediate-mass" black hole betrayed its existence by tearing apart a wayward star that ventured too close.
These medium-sized objects are a long-sought "missing link" in the evolution of the cosmos.
Researchers used two X-ray observatories, along with the Hubble telescope, to identify the object.

https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-52113946
 
Some are so big, that I don't care about the small ones...
... but it we get to meet one, its size doesn't matter.
 
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