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Article: FINDINGS DEEPEN MYSTERY OF BLACK HOLES
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- United Press International
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- September 17, 2002
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Findings deepen mystery of black holes
WASHINGTON, Sep 17, 2002 (United Press International via COMTEX) -
- For the first time, astronomers have found medium-sized black holes
among some very old star clusters, a discovery that adds new evidence
to help solve an abiding cosmic conundrum: Which came first, galaxies
or black holes?
The black holes were discovered in two globular clusters, M15 in the
constellation Pegasus within the Milky Way and G1 in the neighboring
Andromeda Galaxy, Roeland Van Der Marel, an astronomer at the Space
Telescope Science Institute in Baltimore, said at a NASA news conference
on Tuesday.
The findings, made by the Hubble Space Telescope, are ...