• CeeBee_Eh@lemmy.world
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    6 days ago

    The title is misleading. It’s not “discovered”, but rather “observed for the first time”. Since black hole stars have been theorized for a while now. And they’re actually the only “accepted” explanation for the origins of super massive black holes holding galaxies together.

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      Not even observed for the first time, it’s more like one group of scientists believe that they have observed one with one publication.