A dozen new black holes found in Milky Way’s center

X-ray telescope data suggest thousands more are crammed into the galaxy’s inner region

Milky Way

BUSIER THAN IT LOOKS  The center of the Milky Way, shown in this photograph from the Paranal Observatory in Chile, may be swarming with thousands of small black holes.   

John Colosimo (colosimophotography.com)/ESO

The center of the Milky Way may be abuzz with black holes.