The scientists stated, on Friday, that this black hole is 10 times greater than the sun, and that it is three times closer to the previous record of the previous record in terms of proximity.
The black hole was found by keeping an eye on his companion star, which orbits it at a distance equal to that of the Earth’s orbit around the sun.
According to Karim Al-Badri of the Harvard Smithsonian Center for Astronomical Physics in Massachusetts, the European Space Agency’s “Gaea” probe was used to make the first discovery of the black hole.
Al-Badri and his group collaborated with the Hawaiian International Gemini Observatory to corroborate their findings, which were then reported in the Royal Astronomical Society’s monthly announcements.
the identification of “the closest black hole to Earth.” How far from our planet?
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