
Gaia BH1 - Wikipedia
Gaia BH1 (Gaia DR3 4373465352415301632) is a binary system consisting of a G-type main-sequence star and a likely stellar-mass black hole, located about 1,560 light-years (478 pc) away from the Solar System in the constellation of Ophiuchus. [4]
Record breaker! Newfound black hole is closest known to Earth
2022年11月4日 · One of those stars is the companion to Gaia BH1. Its motion displays tiny irregularities — an indication that something massive and unseen is tugging on it gravitationally. The Gaia measurements...
ESA - Gaia discovers a new family of black holes
2023年3月30日 · Using data from ESA’s Gaia mission, astronomers have discovered not only the closest but also the second closest black hole to Earth. The black holes, Gaia BH1 and Gaia BH2, are respectively located just 1560 light-years away from us in the direction of the constellation Ophiuchus and 3800 light-years away in the constellation Centaurus.
Astronomers Discover Closest Black Hole to Earth
2022年11月4日 · Cambridge, MA – Astronomers have discovered the closest black hole to Earth, which the researchers have dubbed Gaia BH1. The dormant black hole weighs about 10 times the mass of the Sun and is located about 1600 light-years away in the constellation Ophiuchus, making it three times closer to Earth than the previous record holder, an X-ray ...
Milky Way's biggest stellar-mass black hole lurks close to Earth
2024年4月16日 · The closest black hole to Earth is Gaia-BH1 (also discovered by Gaia), which is 1,560 light-years away. Gaia-BH1 has a mass around 9.6 times that of the sun, making it …
ESA - Gaia black holes
2024年4月16日 · Gaia Black Hole 1 (BH1) is located just 1560 light-years away from us in the direction of the constellation Ophiuchus; Gaia BH2 is 3800 light-years away in the constellation Centaurus; Gaia BH3 is in the constellation Aquila, at a distance of 1926 light-years from Earth.
New Record: Nearest Known Black Hole to Earth Discovered
2022年11月5日 · Maunakea, Hawaiʻi – Astronomers using two Maunakea Observatories, W. M. Keck Observatory and the Gemini North telescope, have found the closest known black hole to our planet. Located a mere 1,560 light-years away from Earth in the constellation Ophiuchus, the black hole, named Gaia BH1, is three times closer to us than the previous record-holder.
IoW_20221104 - Gaia - Cosmos
2022年11月4日 · This video created by MPIA zooms into the Milky Way to the position of the stellar black hole “Gaia BH1”, currently the black hole closest to Earth. After arriving at the location, we see the orbit of a Sun-like star around Gaia BH1.
Astronomers have found the closest known black hole to Earth
2022年11月4日 · The closest black hole yet found is just 1,560 light-years from Earth, a new study reports. The black hole, dubbed Gaia BH1, is about 10 times the mass of the sun and orbits a sunlike star.
Astronomers discover closest known black hole to Earth, Gaia BH1
2022年11月14日 · Gaia BH1 is the closest black hole to Earth that scientists have ever discovered. It is approximately three times closer to Earth than the previous record holder. By looking at...