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  2. List of nearest known black holes - Wikipedia

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    The nearest known black hole is Gaia BH1, which was discovered in September 2022 by a team led by Kareem El-Badry. Gaia BH1 is 1,560 light-years away from Earth in the direction of the constellation Ophiuchus.

  3. Astronomers find nearby black hole that changes our ...

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    Scientists have found an elusive massive black hole that they believe is the closest to Earth. The black hole was found after researchers spotted fast-moving stars that are being pulled around as ...

  4. Gaia BH1 - Wikipedia

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    The discovery team found no astrophysical scenario that could explain the observed motion of the G-type star, other than a black hole. The system differs from "black hole impostors" such as LB-1 and HR 6819 in that the evidence for a black hole does not depend on the mass of the star or the inclination of the orbit, and there is no evidence of ...

  5. Black hole - Wikipedia

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    The term "black hole" was used in print by Life and Science News magazines in 1963, and by science journalist Ann Ewing in her article " 'Black Holes' in Space", dated 18 January 1964, which was a report on a meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science held in Cleveland, Ohio.

  6. Astronomers spot a massive ‘sleeping giant’ black hole less ...

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    Astronomers have found the most massive stellar black hole to date in ... closest known black hole to Earth. The closest black hole is Gaia BH1, which is located about 1,500 light-years away and ...

  7. After a 20-Year Search, Scientists Found the Middle-Child ...

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    Now, an international team of astronomers analyzing over 500 images across 20 years from NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope report that they’ve identified a black hole some 17,700 light-years away ...

  8. Sagittarius A* - Wikipedia

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    Sagittarius A*, abbreviated as Sgr A* (/ ˈ s æ dʒ ˈ eɪ s t ɑːr / SADGE-AY-star [3]), is the supermassive black hole [4] [5] [6] at the Galactic Center of the Milky Way.Viewed from Earth, it is located near the border of the constellations Sagittarius and Scorpius, about 5.6° south of the ecliptic, [7] visually close to the Butterfly Cluster (M6) and Lambda Scorpii.

  9. Astronomers find black hole 33 times more massive than our ...

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    Astronomers have found the most massive stellar black hole known in our own galaxy. The object is relatively close by, at least in black hole terms, sitting just 2,000 light years away.