"Massive Stellar Black Hole Discovered Near Earth in Milky Way"

The European space telescope Gaia has discovered a massive stellar-mass black hole, Gaia-BH3, just 2,000 light years from Earth, making it the second-closest black hole to our planet ever discovered. This landmark finding represents the first time such a massive black hole with a stellar origin has been found close to Earth. The discovery sheds light on the population of dormant stellar black holes in our galaxy and challenges previous assumptions about the formation of black holes.