Zooming towards the black hole Gaia BH1. Background: region of the Milky Way galaxy; Panel 1: an image of the star orbiting the black hole; Panel 2: reconstructed orbit of the star; Panel 3: relativistic light-bending effects that would be visible if we could see star and black hole up close. © T. Müller (MPIA), PanSTARRS DR1 (K. C. Chambers et al. 2016)
The finding promises numerous similar discoveries. Zooming towards the black hole Gaia BH1. Background: region of the Milky Way galaxy; Panel 1: an image of the star orbiting the black hole; Panel 2: reconstructed orbit of the star; Panel 3: relativistic light-bending effects that would be visible if we could see star and black hole up close. T. Müller (MPIA), PanSTARRS DR1 (K. C. Chambers et al. ESA/Gaia/DPAC (CC BY-SA 3. IGO) - Using data from ESA-s Gaia astrometry mission, astronomers have identified the closest known black hole, less than 1600 light-years away from Earth, and determined its mass.
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