Gaia BH3

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Astronomers find biggest stellar black hole in Milky Way galaxy ‘by chance’ – Times of India

[ad_1] Astronomers at the European Space Agency (ESA) have identified the biggest stellar black hole, named Gaia BH3, discovered in the Milky Way, with a mass 33 times that of the Sun. This black hole was detected “by chance” during data collection from ESA’s Gaia mission and it imposes an odd ‘wobbling’ motion on the companion star orbiting it.“Remarkably, this black hole is also extremely close to us —…

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