This black hole found closest to the Earth is located 1600 light-years away from us in the Ophiuchus constellation. It is about three times closer than the last black hole discovered near the Earth.
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Black hole means that place in space, where all the laws of physics are neutralized. With extremely powerful gravity, from whose pull no one can escape. Even the light cannot come out after entering here. black hole Swallows everything around him. Although no black hole is close enough to our Earth to pose any threat to us!
Still the question is, how close is the nearest black hole to the Earth. Of all the black holes in this universe, which black hole is closest to Earth? Astronomers have discovered the answer to this. He has discovered that black hole, which is closest to Earth. The results of this study have been published in the research journal Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society.
Where is this black hole found?
This black hole found closest to the Earth is located 1600 light-years away from us in the Ophiuchus constellation. It is about three times closer than the last black hole discovered near Earth, an X-ray twin in the constellation Monoceros. Blackhole is considered to be the most dangerous body in space, but the black hole that scientists have discovered is of stellar category. With its discovery, it has come in the eyes of astronomers and scientists and they are trying to understand the evolution of this extreme body.
the distance between the earth and the sun
Astronomers used the Gemini North Telescope in Hawaii, one of the International Gemini Observatory’s twin telescopes. They also observed the movements of the black hole’s companion, which was a Sun-like star that orbits the black hole. The distance between the two is equal to the distance between the Earth and the Sun.
According to researchers, if there is a black hole in place of the Sun in our solar system and the Sun replaces the Earth, then such a system will be formed. Claims have been made to see many more such systems. However, there has not been much confirmation about this.
10 times heavier than the Sun
The black hole seen closest to the Earth is about 10 times more massive than the Sun. Scientists used Gemini North’s Gemini Multi Object Spectrograph instrument to identify the central body as a black hole that is 10 times more massive than the Sun.
The special thing in this discovery of astronomers is that this is the first dormant stellar mass black hole of the Milky Way, so it is clearly visible. Astronomers say that such black holes in our Milky Way will number about 100 million.
understand black hole
A black hole is called black because nothing can escape from its gravity, not even light. The greater the mass of the black hole, the greater will be its gravity. They are seen as holes because they do not produce light. A black hole is never empty, in fact a lot of matter is condensed inside a single point. This point is known as the singularity. According to scientists, small black holes were formed with the beginning of the formation of the universe.
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