Runaway stars reveal hidden black hole in Milky Way's nearest neighbor

Fast-moving stars reveal supermassive black hole inside nearby galaxy

WASHINGTON - The Large Magellanic Cloud is a dwarf galaxy residing near our Milky Way, visible to the naked eye as a luminous patch of light from Earth's southern hemisphere and named after Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan, who observed it five centuries ago. New research is now providing a fuller understanding of the makeup of our galactic neighbor.

A monster black hole may be hiding in the galaxy next door: 'It is astounding'

A hidden monster black hole in the Large Magellanic Cloud fired runaway stars at the Milky Way at millions of miles per hour.

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The universe is expanding. This was the great revelation of the 20th century, thanks to astronomer Edwin Hubble, whose work showed that galaxies are moving away from us, with more distant galaxies receding faster than nearby ones. This discovery led to the Hubble constant, which describes how fast the universe expands.

IWD 2025: Malaysian astrophysicist is making discoveries on black holes

Assoc Prof Nur Adlyka Ainul Annuar is the only female astronomer in Malaysia studying these cosmic phenomena.

Runaway stars reveal hidden black hole in Milky Way's nearest neighbor

Astronomers have discovered strong evidence for the closest supermassive black hole outside of the Milky Way galaxy. This giant black hole is located in the Large Magellanic Cloud, one of the nearest galactic neighbors to our own.

That galaxy next door? It's home to a monster black hole

The Large Magellanic Cloud, a close neighbor to the Milky Way, may house a giant black hole. It's the closest supermassive black hole outside of our galaxy.