The article discusses astronomy research by Xian Chen and Pau Amaro-Seoane that suggests the black hole at the center of the Milky Way galaxy could have been more active in the past, blasting life on planet Earth with X-rays, according to computer models.Slezak, Michael...
Astronomers have now discovered the closestblack holeto Earth, which the researchers have dubbed Gaia BH1. To find it, they used the Gemini North telescope in Hawai‘i, one of the twin telescopes of the International Gemini Observatory, operated by NSF’sNOIRLab. Gaia BH1 is a dormant black...
The black hole is a mere 1,000 light-years away in the constellation Telescopium. Despite the name, you don't actually need a telescope to see this solar system.
Astronomers have discovered the closestblack holeto Earth, the first unambiguous detection of a dormant stellar-mass black hole in theMilky Way. Its close proximity to Earth, a mere 1,600 light-years away, offers an intriguing target of study to advance understanding of the evolution of binary ...
[01:07.32]The black hole is believed to weigh [01:10.60]about 10 times the mass of our sun. [01:14.36]The team said it is three times closer to Earth [01:19.16]than the previous record-holder. [01:22.04]The newly...
However, the Gaia-BH3 system is bound to be of great interest to scientists for more than just its proximity to Earth and the mass of its black hole. The star in this system is asub-giant starthat is around five times as large as the sun with 15 times its brightness, though it i...
Artist's impression showing the orbits of the objects in the HR 6819 triple system: an inner star and a star in a wider orbit (orbits in blue), and the newly discovered black hole (orbit in red). (Courtesy: ESO/L Calçada) Astronomers have found the nearest black hole to Earth ...
Astronomers Identify Closest Black Hole to Earth 天文学家发现离地球最近的黑洞 European astronomers say they have found the closest black hole to Earth ever discovered. 欧洲天文学家称,他们发现了有史以来离地球最近的黑洞。 The black hole is believed to be at least 4.2 times the mass of the sun...
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Black holes are big. Very big. But physics makes it almost impossible for them to grow. Here’s how one black hole defied the odds to swell to gargantuan proportions.