"Manchester Astronomers Discover Potential Lightest Black Hole 40,000 Light Years Away"

Astronomers using the MeerKAT telescope in South Africa have discovered a mysterious object in the Milky Way that is heavier than known neutron stars but lighter than the lightest black holes, orbiting a millisecond pulsar 40,000 light years away. This finding could potentially be the first discovery of a radio pulsar-black hole binary, offering new opportunities to test theories of gravity and study black holes. The object was found while observing a star cluster using the MeerKAT telescope, and while its exact nature is still uncertain, it has the potential to provide insights into the properties of matter under extreme conditions in the universe.