Astronomers spot a massive ‘sleeping giant’ black hole less than 2,000 light-years from Earth


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KSBW— Named Gaia BH3, it has a mass that is nearly 33 times that of our sun, and it’s located 1,926 light-years away in the Aquila constellation, making it the second-closest known black hole to Earth.

6abc Philadelphia—Astronomers spot black hole less than 2,000 light-years from Earth. Astronomers have spotted the most massive known stellar black hole in the Milky Way galaxy after detecting an unusual wobble in space.

TechSpot—Astronomers detected the most massive stellar black hole in the Milky Way. European astronomers have confirmed the existence of Gaia BH3, a previously unknown stellar black hole. BH3 is the most massive stellar black hole discovered in the Milky Way so far and the second largest black hole in the galaxy after the supermassive monster known as Sagittarius A .Read Entire Article

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