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Looking Skyward: A dark stellar remnant is discovered

CAI | By John Basile
Published August 15, 2022 at 3:30 PM EDT
The gravity of a black hole bends the light of a star affecting its position as seen from Earth.
NASA, ESA, STSci, Joseph Olmsted
The gravity of a black hole bends the light of a star affecting its position as seen from Earth.

In this edition of Looking Skyward, CAI's John Basile talks with Dr. Regina Jorgenson of the Maria Mitchell Observatory on Nantucket about the first discovery of a dark stellar remnant in our galaxy.
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John Basile
John Basile is the local host of All Things Considered weekday afternoons and a reporter.
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