Astronomers detected the most massive stellar black hole in the Milky Way
TechSpot - 2024-04-17T19:06:00.000Z

European astronomers have confirmed the existence of Gaia BH3, a previously unknown stellar black hole. BH3 is the most massive stellar black hole discovered in the Milky Way so far and the second largest black hole in the galaxy after the supermassive monster known as Sagittarius A .Read Entire Article

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