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Artist's Illustration of Black Hole
Moving Through Milky Way
The yellow line in this illustration depicts the
orbital path of a black hole (known as XTE J1118+480)
and its companion through the Milky Way after being
liberated from a globular cluster some 7 billion year
ago. The bright dot indicates the Sun's current
position. Simulations of the gravitational interactions
in globular star clusters have shown that the black
holes resulting from the collapse of the most massive
stars -- and any companion stars they may have captured
- may eventually be ejected from the cluster.
(Credit: STScI/A.Feild/Office of
Public Outreach)
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