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Scientists discover hidden black hole in our galactic neighbor
- Astronomers have discovered a supermassive black hole in the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC), a small galaxy near the Milky Way.
- This black hole is the closest one known outside our galaxy.
- The discovery was made by tracking 21 hypervelocity stars, which provided evidence of the black hole's existence.
- The LMC's black hole is estimated to be around 600,000 times the mass of our Sun.
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