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Mysterious microlensing flash points to rogue world or primordial black hole
A one-hour brightening in the Large Magellanic Cloud may mark one of the smallest gravitational lenses ever detected, with implications for rogue planets and primordial black holes.
Key Takeaways
- Astronomers detected a one-hour microlensing event in the Large Magellanic Cloud.
- The lensing object may have a mass about three times that of Earth’s Moon.
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