Summary:
- The article discusses the discovery of a new type of black hole called an "intermediate-mass black hole" (IMBH), which is larger than stellar black holes but smaller than supermassive black holes.
- The IMBH was discovered in a globular cluster called NGC 6624, located about 22,000 light-years from Earth, using data from the Hubble Space Telescope and the Chandra X-ray Observatory.
- This discovery provides important insights into the formation and evolution of black holes, and could help researchers understand the connection between the growth of black holes and the development of galaxies.