Record holder! Milky Way’s largest stellar-mass black hole, a sleeping giant lurking near Earth
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 »