A black hole, 33 times the mass of the Sun, found hiding in Milky Way Galaxy
8 months, 1 week ago

A black hole, 33 times the mass of the Sun, found hiding in Milky Way Galaxy

Hindustan Times  

In a first, ESA’s Gaia mission researchers have discovered a huge black hole that is of stellar origin, hiding in plain sight in our very own Milky Way Galaxy. The star was actually locked in with a dormant black hole that was huge - about 33 times the size of our Sun. Notably, most stellar-origin black holes in the Milky Way Galaxy are around 10 times the mass of our Sun. And now that Gaia BH3 has been found, it has become the most direct evidence that black holes in this mass range actually exist.

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Monstrous black hole swallows huge part of galaxy and then falls asleep
5 days, 23 hours ago

Monstrous black hole swallows huge part of galaxy and then falls asleep

The Independent  

Sign up to our free weekly IndyTech newsletter delivered straight to your inbox Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy A massive black hole appears to have eaten so much that it fell …

Black hole ‘starving’ its host galaxy to death, astronomers reveal
3 months, 1 week ago

Black hole ‘starving’ its host galaxy to death, astronomers reveal

The Independent  

Sign up to our free weekly IndyTech newsletter delivered straight to your inbox Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Astronomers have observed a supermassive black hole “starving” its host galaxy to death, …

Huge black hole 8,200 times the size of the Sun is discovered in a neighbouring star cluster - and scientists say it's the 'missing link' in the formation of these mysterious voids
5 months, 2 weeks ago

Huge black hole 8,200 times the size of the Sun is discovered in a neighbouring star cluster - and scientists say it's the 'missing link' in the formation of these mysterious voids

Daily Mail  

As much as we learn about the mysteries of black holes, many questions remain about these enigmatic objects. Located at the heart of the Omega Centauri cluster 18,000 light years away, this super-dense object is the closest example of a massive black hole ever discovered. This makes it likely that there is a black hole at its centre Luckily, the …

BH3: Milky Way's biggest stellar black hole is 2000 light years way from Earth
8 months, 1 week ago

BH3: Milky Way's biggest stellar black hole is 2000 light years way from Earth

Hindustan Times  

Astronomers have discovered a massive black hole named BH3, formed from the collapse of an exploding star, located only 2,000 light years away from Earth in the Aquila constellation. BH3 is the largest stellar black hole found in the Milky Way, with a mass 33 times that of the Sun, making it the second nearest black hole discovered. the most …

Astronomers find black hole 33 times more massive than our Sun – and it is near us
8 months, 1 week ago

Astronomers find black hole 33 times more massive than our Sun – and it is near us

The Independent  

Sign up to our free weekly IndyTech newsletter delivered straight to your inbox Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. The European Space Agency’s Gaia mission, involving UCL researchers, found the black hole, known as Gaia-BH3, which …

The enormous stellar black hole hiding in Earth's backyard: Scientists discover a huge void in the Milky Way that's 33 times as massive as the Sun
8 months, 1 week ago

The enormous stellar black hole hiding in Earth's backyard: Scientists discover a huge void in the Milky Way that's 33 times as massive as the Sun

Daily Mail  

With their ability to gobble up entire planets, black holes must be the most feared objects in the universe. Dr Panuzzo and colleagues say Gaia BH3 is a 'stellar black hole', so it's on the lowest classification when it comes to measuring the mass of black holes. This black hole was spotted in data from the European Space Agency’s Gaia …

Brightest and hungriest black hole ever detected: Terrifying void gobbles up one Sun every single day, scientists say
10 months ago

Brightest and hungriest black hole ever detected: Terrifying void gobbles up one Sun every single day, scientists say

Daily Mail  

Astronomers have found the brightest object in the universe – a 'hellish' black hole that consumes a star a day. Described as 'the most hellish place in the universe', the black hole is 12 billion light years away and has a mass roughly 17 billion times that of our solar system's sun. This black hole – fastest-growing black hole ever …

Black hole is observed snacking on sun-like star, bite by bite
1 year, 3 months ago

Black hole is observed snacking on sun-like star, bite by bite

The Hindu  

Black holes, celestial objects known for their gluttony, usually eat stars unlucky enough to stray too close to them in one big gulp, annihilating them with their enormous gravitational pull. Researchers said they have observed a supermassive black hole at the center of a relatively nearby galaxy as it takes bites out of a star similar in size and composition …

Our galaxy's black hole not as sleepy as thought: astronomers
1 year, 6 months ago

Our galaxy's black hole not as sleepy as thought: astronomers

The Hindu  

The supermassive black hole lurking at the centre of our Milky Way galaxy is not as dormant as had been thought, a new study shows. The supermassive black hole Sagittarius A* -- abbreviated to Sgr A* -- is four million times more massive than the Sun. Sgr A* has "always been seen as a dormant black hole," said Frederic Marin, …

Rapidly growing black hole found, could provide clues on how massive galaxies first evolved
1 year, 9 months ago

Rapidly growing black hole found, could provide clues on how massive galaxies first evolved

The Hindu  

Astronomers have discovered a rapidly growing black hole in one of the most extreme galaxies known in the very early Universe, according to a new study. Using observations taken with the Atacama Large Millimeter Array, a radio observatory sited in Chile, the team have determined that the galaxy, named COS-87259, containing this new supermassive black hole is very extreme, forming …

Rapidly growing black hole found, could provide clues on how massive galaxies first evolved: Study
1 year, 9 months ago

Rapidly growing black hole found, could provide clues on how massive galaxies first evolved: Study

India Today  

Astronomers have discovered a rapidly growing black hole in one of the most extreme galaxies known in the very early Universe, according to a new study. Using observations taken with the Atacama Large Millimeter Array, a radio observatory sited in Chile, the team have determined that the galaxy, named COS-87259, containing this new supermassive black hole is very extreme, forming …

First ’dormant’ stellar black hole discovered
2 years, 5 months ago

First ’dormant’ stellar black hole discovered

Live Mint  

A team of astrophysicists known for debunking previous supposed black holes announced a discovery of their own on Monday: the first "dormant" stellar-mass black hole spotted orbiting a star in a nearby galaxy. So they went about meticulously eliminating all the other possibilities, Shenar said, until they were satisfied that "it's either a fat, invisible alien -- or a black …

Watch | What a black hole looks like
2 years, 7 months ago

Watch | What a black hole looks like

The Hindu  

Scientists from the Event Horizon Telescope facility, a collaboration of over 300 researchers, revealed the first image of the black hole at the centre of the Milky Way galaxy. The black hole, called Sagittarius A*, is four million times the mass of our Sun and is 27,000 light years from us. Astronomers have called this “the first direct image of …

Scientists discover ‘mini’ black hole hiding in tiny galaxy
2 years, 11 months ago

Scientists discover ‘mini’ black hole hiding in tiny galaxy

The Independent  

Sign up to our free weekly IndyTech newsletter delivered straight to your inbox Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Mrk 462 contains only several hundred million stars, compared to the hundred billion of our own Milky …

Massive Black Hole Near Our Milky Way Galaxy Discovered by Scientists
3 years ago

Massive Black Hole Near Our Milky Way Galaxy Discovered by Scientists

News 18  

The McDonald Observatory at The University of Texas, Austin has detected an unusually big black hole at the centre of one of the Milky Way's dwarf satellite galaxies. The newly discovered black hole – named Leo I – is around the same size as the Milky Way's suspected black hole. In a statement, UT astronomer Karl Gebhardt, co-author of the …

Black hole found hiding outside the Milky Way – and it could be the first of many more
3 years, 1 month ago

Black hole found hiding outside the Milky Way – and it could be the first of many more

The Independent  

Sign up to our free weekly IndyTech newsletter delivered straight to your inbox Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy A black hole has been found hiding just outside our galaxy – and …

Scientists stunned to find vast collection of more than 100 black holes inside our own galaxy
3 years, 5 months ago

Scientists stunned to find vast collection of more than 100 black holes inside our own galaxy

The Independent  

Sign up to our free weekly IndyTech newsletter delivered straight to your inbox Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Scientists have found a vast collection of more than 100 black holes inside …

Supermassive Black Hole in Centre of Milky Way May Have Caused Changes in Other Stars, Study Finds
3 years, 11 months ago

Supermassive Black Hole in Centre of Milky Way May Have Caused Changes in Other Stars, Study Finds

News 18  

A few stars in the Milky Way Galaxy have undergone a change in their colour due to a supermassive black hole right in the centre of the galaxy, reveals a recent research. In a paper published online in the Astrophysical Journal, astrophysicists have come up with a theory saying that the supermassive black hole, Sagittarius A* launched a powerful jet …

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