Zoom-in on Nearest Black Hole to Earth | NOIRLab

Zoom-in on Nearest Black Hole to Earth | NOIRLab

Zoom-in on the closest-known black hole to Earth. This is the first unambiguous detection of a dormant stellar-mass black hole in the Milky Way. Its close proximity to Earth, a mere 1,600 light-years away, offers an intriguing target of study to advance our understanding of the evolution of binary systems.

Credit: International Gemini Observatory/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/Digitized Sky Survey 2/N. Bartmann/D. De Martin

Duration: 1 minute

Release Date: November 15, 2022

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