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[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 4 weeks ago

Seems like one of the backyard astronomers managed to snap a picture of the fast moving object:

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 4 weeks ago

The idea of a black hole binary system just flinging stellar-mass objects around like children's toys is just a teensy bit terrifying, I must admit.