First-Known Solitary Black Hole Detected Wandering Loose Around The Milky Way

First-Known Solitary Black Hole Detected Wandering Loose Around The Milky Way

For the first time, the existence of a lone black hole with no star orbiting it has been confirmed.

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"OGLE-2011-BLG-0462" is thus the only one of its kind confirmed so far in our Milky Way.

Astronomers confirm first-ever "lonely" black hole in space

For the first time, astronomers have confirmed the existence of a black hole drifting alone in space—without a companion star. This exciting discovery was made by a team at the Space Telescope Science Institute, along with researchers from the University of St Andrews and the European Southern Observatory. Their findings were recently published in The […] The post Astronomers confirm first-ever “lonely” black hole in space appeared first on Know…

For the first time, an international team of scientists has reliably confirmed the existence of a single black hole that is not associated with a star partner. The object, named OGLE-2011-BLG-0462, located in the Sagittarius constellation, was the first of its kind to be verified after years of research and scientific debate. Conclusions were made based on data from the Hubble Telescope, the Gaia Observatory and a review of gravitational lensing…

Webb spots clues of black hole at heart of nearby galaxy M83

Astronomers using the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope have discovered evidence that suggests the presence of a long-sought supermassive black hole at the heart of the nearby spiral galaxy Messier 83 (M83). This surprising finding, made possible by Webb’s Mid-Infrared Instrument (MIRI), reveals highly ionised neon gas that could be a telltale signature of an active galactic nucleus (AGN), a growing black hole at the center of a galaxy.