Astronomers from the Observatoire de Paris at France's National Centre for Scientific Research scoured Gaia data looking for evidence of new black holes, and they hit the jackpot with Gaia BH3. It tips the scales at 33 solar masses,
You never really know what you might find hiding in your own backyard, especially if those things are particularly adept at escaping detection. Just 1,924 light-years from the Solar System, in the constellation of Aquila,
A massive black hole has been spotted less than 2,000 light-years away, making it the second-closest known black hole to the earth. Astronomers discovered the “sleeping giant” while combing through observations from the European Space Agency’s Gaia Space Telescope.
Astronomers from Tel Aviv University have helped discover a massive black hole, named Gaia BH3, nearly 33 times the mass of the Sun, making it the largest known stellar black hole in the Milky Way galaxy.
Astronomers have identified the most massive stellar black hole yet discovered in the Milky Way galaxy. This black hole was spotted in data from the European Space Agency's Gaia mission because it imposes an odd 'wobbling' motion on the companion star orbiting it.