Astronomers Discover Rare Triple Black Hole System in Milky Way, Challenging Formation Theories

Astronomers Discover Rare Triple Black Hole System in Milky Way, Challenging Formation Theories

Astronomers have identified a black hole with a tightly bound companion star and a distant third star in orbit, forming the first-known “black hole triple” system. This discovery, detailed in recent research led by Kevin Burdge of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), sheds new light on how some black…