Apr 4, 2023 · 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...

Jul 10, 2024 · Hubble has discovered a black hole "frozen in time" that's the closest massive black hole to Earth. The intermediate-mass black hole is a "missing link" between smaller and vastly larger...

Apr 17, 2024 · Artist’s impression of the system with the most massive stellar black hole in our galaxy. The Milky Way has a big newfound black hole, and it lurks close to Earth! This sleeping giant was...

Apr 16, 2024 · Astronomers found the most massive stellar-mass black hole in the galaxy after spotting a star "wobbling" nearby. The baby monster is the 2nd-closest black hole to Earth ever detected.

Mar 5, 2023 · 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.

Apr 3, 2023 · The two closest black holes to Earth, named Gaia BH1 and BH2, may be part of a rare class of black holes never seen before, new research suggests.

May 6, 2020 · 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.

Nov 4, 2022 · 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 binary in the constellation of Monoceros.

6 days ago · These new observations confirm that M87*'s rotational axis is pointing away from Earth. What's more, the outermost ring of plasma is probably swirling counter to the black hole's spin, the team found.

Nov 4, 2022 · 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.