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The Gaia space telescope detects a giant black hole in our galaxy

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  • 17 April 2024
  • Laurent Eyer
    • Sciences, UNIGE
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The European Space Agency (ESA) Gaia telescope has discovered a giant sleeping black hole in our galaxy. The object, named Gaia BH3, is located 2,000 light-years from Earth and is 33 times the mass of the sun.

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