Image courtesy of ESO.
Joel Kontinen
“The Milky Way
galaxy’s heaviest known black hole has been discovered in a binary star system,
Tel Aviv University announced on Tuesday.”
What is the nature
of the black hole that was discovered by Israeli scientists ,It is called the galaxy’s
heaviest known black hole, it is1,500 light-years away from Earth.
The star, which
orbits a black hole 33 times heavier than the sun’s mass..
“This is an
exciting discovery of the heaviest black hole in a binary system known today in
the galaxy,” said Tel Aviv University Professor Emeritus Tsevi Mazeh.
Source;
Pesach
Benson, 2024. Heaviest known black hole
in Milky Way uncovered 16 April.
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