Black Hole
The closest known black hole to Earth, found by Gaia through the wobble of a Sun-like companion star rather than any X-ray glow.
| Type | Black Hole |
|---|---|
| Black hole type | Stellar |
| Distance from Earth | 1,560 ly |
| Diameter | 57 km |
| Mass | 1.91 × 10^31 kg |
| Redshift | 0 |
| Discovered | 2022 |
Its mass is 9.6 times the mass of the Sun.
The light reaching us from Gaia BH1 tonight left it around 1,560 years ago.
Of the 15 black holes these pages cover, only 0 lie closer to us.
It has been on record since 2022.
Play today's Cosmodle