Record-Breaking Stellar Black Hole found lurking close to Earth.
Just 1,924 light-years from the Solar System, in the constellation of Aquila, astronomers have just discovered a black hole. And it's not just any black hole. Named Gaia BH3, or BH3, the object is the most massive stellar-mass black hole we've ever spotted in the Milky Way, clocking in at a hefty 33 times the mass of the Sun.
Astronomers have identified the most massive stellar black hole yet discovered in the Milky Way galaxy. This black hole was spotted in data from the European Space Agency’s Gaia mission because it imposes an odd ‘wobbling’ motion on the companion star orbiting it. Data from the European Southern Observatory’s Very Large Telescope (ESO’s VLT) and other ground-based observatories were used to verify the mass of the black hole, putting it at an impressive 33 times that of the Sun.
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Astronominnen und Astronomen haben das massereichste stellare schwarze Loch identifiziert, das bisher in der Milchstraßengalaxie entdeckt wurde. Entdeckt wurde das schwarze Loch in den Daten der Gaia-Mission .., weil es den Begleitstern, der es umkreist, in eine merkwürdige „Taumelbewegung“ versetzt. Eine Pressemitteilung des ESO Science Outreach Network (ESON).
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https://www.raumfahrer.net/eso-massereichstes-stellares-schwarzes-loch-unserer-galaxie-entdeckt/
16.4.2024
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Meest massieve stellaire zwarte gat in onze Melkweg gevonden
Astronomen hebben het meest massieve stellaire zwarte gat geïdentificeerd dat tot nu toe in ons sterrenstelsel is gevonden. Dit zwarte gat werd opgemerkt in gegevens van de Europese GAIA-missie omdat het een vreemde “wiebelende” beweging oplegt aan de bege
https://www.kuuke.nl/meest-massieve-stellaire-zwarte-gat-in-onze-melkweg-gevonden/
#aquila #arend #BH3 #eso #gaia #MeestNabijeZwarteGat #StellairZwartGat #VLT #ZwartGat
Astronomers have discovered the biggest stellar-class #blackhole in our galaxy. The black hole, designated #BH3 and in a star system 2,000 light-years away, has a mass 33 times that of the sun. It was detected by noticing a wobble in the motions of another star, which it turns out is orbiting the black hole. The mass of the black hole suggests it may have formed by the same processes that, in other galaxies, created gravitational wave events.
Les astronomes ont découvert un énorme trou noir formé à la suite de l’explosion d’une étoile à seulement 2 000 années-lumière de la Terre.
#BH3 est le trou noir stellaire le plus massif jamais découvert dans la Voie lactée et s'est révélé aux chercheurs grâce à sa puissante force gravitationnelle qu'il exerce sur une étoile compagnon qui orbite autour de l'objet dans la constellation de l'Aigle.
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