Closest black holes to Earth may lurk in the Hyades Cluster

Astronomers have discovered that the closest black holes to Earth may exist in the Hyades star cluster. Observations made with the Gaia satellite suggest that several black holes likely exist in this nearby group of stars. The results were recently published in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. The Hyades is an open cluster that lies 153Continue reading “Closest black holes to Earth may lurk in the Hyades Cluster”
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