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Scientists have discovered what may be the smallest-known black hole in the Milky Way galaxy and the closest to our solar system - an object so curious that they nicknamed it the Unicorn .
The researchers said the black hole is roughly three times the mass of our sun, testing the lower limits of size for these extraordinarily dense objects that possess a gravitational pull so strong not even light can escape. A luminous star called a red giant orbits with the black hole in a so-called binary star system named V723 Mon.
Scientists Claim to Have Discovered the Closest-Known Black Hole to Earth
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Studying black holes enables scientists to learn more about the lives of stars – how they form and die. However, finding a black hole is quite a tricky task because they don t emit the same rays as most other celestial objects.
Researchers from The Ohio State University claim to have discovered the closest-known black hole to Earth. According to the findings of their study, which was published recenly in the journal Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, it is located in the Milky Way and is 1,500 light-years away from Earth.
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Astronomers at Ohio State University have discovered what they say is the closest-known black hole to Earth, 1,500 light-years away, dubbing it the Unicorn.
The nickname for the stellar-mass black hole serves as a double meaning because it resides in the constellation Monoceros, which is Greek for unicorn. The name was also given due to
its notably low mass for a black hole, which is still 3 times that of the sun in our solar system, making it essentially one of a kind. The most interesting thing is that it is probably the closest black hole, to the solar system, and it is also one of the smallest, if not the smallest black hole in the Milky Way that s been discovered, thus far, Tharindu Jayasinghe, a doctoral student in astronomy at Ohio State University, told the