Milky Way's 'Sleeping Giant' Black Hole Lurks Shockingly Close to Earth
网页2024年4月17日 · The Milky Way has a big newfound black hole, and it lurks close to Earth! This sleeping giant was discovered with the European space telescope Gaia, which tracks the motion of billions of...
2 newfound black holes are the closest ever to Earth | Space
网页2023年4月4日 · Astronomers have discovered two new black holes that are the closest ones to Earth known, and also represent something that astronomers have never seen before. The black holes, designated...
Astronomers have found the closest known black hole to Earth
网页2022年11月4日 · The closest black hole yet found is just 1,560 light-years from Earth, a new study reports. The black hole, dubbed Gaia BH1, is about 10 times the mass of the sun and orbits a sunlike...
Hubble Space Telescope finds closest massive black hole to Earth …
网页2024年7月10日 · Using the Hubble Space Telescope, astronomers have discovered the closest massive black hole to Earth ever seen, a cosmic titan "frozen in time." As an example of an elusive "...
Record breaker! Newfound black hole is closest known to Earth
网页2022年11月4日 · A black hole about 10 times more massive than our sun lurks just 1,560 light-years from Earth, a new study reports. That's about twice as close as the previous proximity champ.
Astronomers Discover Closest Black Hole to Earth
网页2022年11月4日 · Cambridge, MA – Astronomers have discovered the closest black hole to Earth, which the researchers have dubbed Gaia BH1. The dormant black hole weighs about 10 times the mass of the Sun and is located about 1600 light-years away in the constellation Ophiuchus, making it three times closer to Earth than the previous record holder, an X-ray ...
Closest black hole to Earth found 'hiding in plain sight'
网页2020年5月6日 · The brilliant pinprick on the sky, which looks like a bright star, is actually two stars in close orbit—accompanied by the closest known black hole to Earth. The newly discovered black...
Astronomers find closest black hole to Earth, hiding in plain …
网页2020年5月6日 · Now, astronomers have found a "dark" black hole only 1000 light-years away from Earth—just down the road in galactic terms. It is the closest black hole to our planet ever found, in a star system that is visible to the naked eye.
Astronomers Uncover Black Hole Closer to Earth Than Ever Before
网页2023年3月5日 · Astronomers have discovered the closest black hole to Earth, the first unambiguous detection of a dormant stellar-mass black hole in the Milky 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 systems.
Astronomers Discover Closest Known Black Hole to Earth
网页2022年11月9日 · Astronomers have discovered a black hole closer to Earth than any other previously found. It’s about ten times as massive as our sun and is located just 1,600 light-years away—rather nearby...