"Close Encounter: Massive 'Sleeping Giant' Black Hole Discovered Near Earth"
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Astronomers have discovered a massive stellar black hole, named Gaia BH3, located less than 2,000 light-years away in the Aquila constellation, making it the second-closest known black hole to Earth. This "sleeping giant" has a mass nearly 33 times that of our sun and was found through observations taken by the Gaia space telescope. The discovery offers new insights into the formation of high-mass black holes and their link to metal-poor stars, shedding light on the early universe.
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