There’s a newly discovered massive black hole in the Milky Way, and it’s lurking close to Earth! This sleeping giant was discovered by the European space telescope Gaia, which monitors the movement of billions of stars in our galaxy. Stellar-mass black holes form when a massive star runs out of fuel and collapses. The new… Read More »
Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news about fascinating discoveries, scientific advancements and more. Astronomers have identified the largest known stellar black hole in the Milky Way galaxy after detecting an unusual wobble in space. The “sleeping giant,” called Gaia BH3, has a mass almost 33 times that of… Read More »
Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news about fascinating discoveries, scientific advancements and more. Astronomers have identified the largest known stellar black hole in the Milky Way galaxy after detecting an unusual wobble in space. The “sleeping giant,” called Gaia BH3, has a mass almost 33 times that of… Read More »