Stunning image captures black hole swallowing its surroundings
green and yellow tones near the centre of the image depict varying gas distributions throughout the region. The closest black ...
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Gaia Galactic Plane (IMAGE)
more than a billion stars, along with darker, dusty regions Gaia couldn't see through. With its greater sensitivity and longer wavelength coverage, NASA’s ... horizontal image with a dark ...
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Astronomers discovered a black hole right in our cosmic backyard
Dubbed Gaia BH1, the dormant black hole weighs around ... A star being sucked up by a nearby black hole. Image source: European Southern Observatory From that first analysis, the astronomers ...
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Scans of seemingly empty space reveal black holes not far from earth
Astronomers called the system Gaia BH1. It’s located about 1,560 light years away and is the closest black hole to the earth yet. This distance is 1.4% of the Milky Way’s width. The black hole ...