Black Hole
The most massive stellar black hole known in the Milky Way, orbited by an ancient metal-poor star that helped reveal its presence.
| Type | Black Hole |
|---|---|
| Black hole type | Stellar |
| Distance from Earth | 1,930 ly |
| Diameter | 195 km |
| Mass | 6.56 × 10^31 kg |
| Redshift | 0 |
| Discovered | 2024 |
Its mass is 33 times the mass of the Sun.
The light reaching us from Gaia BH3 tonight left it around 1,926 years ago.
Of the 15 black holes these pages cover, only 1 lie closer to us.
It has been on record since 2024.
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