2024-04-20 22:47:00
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. It has a mass 33 times that of the Sun and is also the second closest black hole to Earth.
Astronomers have discovered a new black hole thanks to the Gaia space telescope of the European Space Agency (ESA) coincides with the direction of the constellation Eagle (Aquila).
After studying data from the star mapping project The new black hole, named Gaia BH3, has a mass 33 times that of our Sun and is approximately 2,000 light years from our solar system. It is just behind the black hole Gaia BH1, which is 1,560 light years from Earth and has a distance of 1,560 light years. With a mass approximately 9.6 times that of the Sun, the black hole Gaia BH3 becomes the second closest black hole to Earth.
Such a black hole is A stellar black hole is a type of black hole created from the gravitational collapse of a massive star with a size of 20 times the mass of the sun or more. The remains of the collapse are stellar black holes. Even their mass is tiny compared to supermassive black holes which are millions of times larger than the sun.
Pasquale Panuzzo of the CNRS, Paris Observatory The lead author of the discovery said that it was also the first time that a black hole of such massive stellar origin had been discovered in the Milky Way. Until now, black holes of this type had only been observed in very distant galaxies. This discovery gives astronomers more information to understand how massive stars develop and evolve.
Professor Carole Mundell, ESA Scientific Director, said…
“This discovery goes well beyond the initial objective of the mission. This involves creating an ultra-precise multidimensional map of more than a billion stars throughout our Milky Way.
The Eagle constellation 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 Eagle’s Eye (Altair), which is one of the peaks of the “Summer Triangle”
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• – www.moyen.com
• – www.esa.int/Science_Exploration
– Thai Astronomical Society
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