Astronomers announce the discovery of a new black hole. caused by the collapse of a star and has the largest mass in the Milky Way galaxy. It has a mass 33 times greater than that of the Sun and is also the second closest black hole to Earth.
Astronomers have discovered a new black hole using the European Space Agency’s (ESA) Gaia space telescope coincides with the direction of the constellation Aquila.
After studying data from the star mapping project The new black hole, called Gaia BH3, has a mass 33 times greater than our Sun and is about 2,000 light-years from our solar system. It is second only to the black hole Gaia BH1, which is 1,560 light years from Earth and has a mass equal to 33 times that of our Sun. With a mass of about 9.6 times that of the Sun, the black hole Gaia BH3 becomes the second black hole closest to Earth.
A black hole like this is A stellar black hole is a type of black hole created by the gravitational collapse of a massive star with a size equal to or greater than 20 times the mass of the sun. The remnants of the collapse are stellar black holes. Its mass is also tiny compared to that of supermassive black holes, millions of times larger than the Sun.
Pasquale Panuzzo of the CNRS, Observatoire de Paris, lead author of the discovery, said: “This discovery is also the first time that a black hole originating from such a large star is found within the Milky Way. This type is only visible” . in distant galaxies. The discovery gives astronomers more information to understand how massive stars develop and evolve.
Professor Carole Mundell, ESA’s science director, said…
“This discovery goes far beyond the original purpose of the mission. This is to create an ultra-accurate, multidimensional map of over a billion stars across our entire Milky Way.”
The constellation Aquila is one of the 88 constellations recognized by the International Astronomical Union. This constellation is located on the celestial equator. The brightest star in the constellation is the Eagle’s Eye (Altair), which is one of the vertices of the “Summer Triangle”
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