"Discovery: Milky Way's Massive Sleeping Giant Black Hole Unveiled"

Astronomers have discovered the heaviest stellar black hole in the Milky Way, named Gaia BH3, which weighs 33 times the mass of the Sun. The black hole was found in the constellation Aquila, approximately 2,000 light-years from Earth, using data from the Gaia mission. This discovery challenges previous understanding of stellar black holes and has implications for stellar evolution models and gravitational wave research. The findings were published in the journal Astronomy and Astrophysics, and future observations will aim to provide deeper insights into the nature and behavior of Gaia BH3.