The black hole from our galaxy is just one of the many that exist in the universe at the moment, and the researchers made an amazing announcement, discovering another one, but which is not quite so big. More precisely, the researchers discovered a medium-sized black hole, which is considered to be the missing link in the chain of understanding this type of objects that exist in the universe at the moment, and the announcement is a very important one.
The black hole discovered by researchers has a mass that is about 50.000 times greater than that of the sun in our solar system, it being 740 million light-years from Earth. A "dwarf" galaxy has this black hole inside it, it being smaller than the Milky Way, and that is why we are also talking about such a small object inside it, the researchers say that this would be one with "intermediate mass" compared to others discovered.
Black Hole: How an INCREDIBLY RARE One Was Discovered
The black hole that the researchers are talking about is one of the few of its kind in the universe, the vast majority of those discovered so far being much larger, and being at the center of large galaxies. The black hole was discovered in 2010 by researchers, but only now could it be confirmed that it is an "intermediate mass", swallowing a nearby star to reach this state, the star being about as big as our sun.
“We have confirmed that an object we originally discovered in 2010 is indeed an intermediate-mass black hole that has ruptured and swallowed a passing star. So finding a new one is very meaningful. Also, a black hole swallowing a star only happens on average once every 10.000 years or so in a given galaxy, so these are rare."
The black hole from the Milky Way has a mass that is 4 million times greater than that of the sun, so it is 8 times greater than the one discovered in 2010, and it is 260.000 light-years from Earth. However, the black hole discovered in 2010 helps researchers to better understand objects of this kind in the universe, and this is because we are talking about one that can help them understand why there are differences between the dimensions of the others.
The black hole discovered in 2010 is difficult for researchers to analyze, and that's why it took so long for them to reach the current conclusion, but maybe they will manage to discover other interesting things about it.
