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Astronomers Discover Heaviest Stellar Black Hole in the Milky Way

Depiction of the binary system, in which a star orbits the unusually large stellar black hole.
Depiction of the binary system, in which a star orbits the unusually large stellar black hole. Image: ESO

The supermassive black hole at the center of our galaxy is the undisputed heavyweight champion of the Milky Way, but a newly spotted object takes the crown for the most massive stellar black hole known in our galaxy, weighing in at an impressive 33 times the mass of our Sun. – George Dvorsky Read More