News Astronomy A middleweight black hole has been spotted for the first time in our galaxy The find could help link smaller black holes and the behemoths at galaxies’ centers The star cluster Omega Centauri, seen here in an image from the Hubble Space Telescope, may hide a rare midweight black hole in its core (marked with a white box). Hubble/ESA, NASA, M. Häberle/MPIA Share this:EmailFacebookTwitterPinterestPocketRedditPrint By Lisa Grossman July 10, 2024 at 11:00 am For the first time, astronomers have spotted a middleweight black hole in the nearby universe.