Zooming toward the stellar black hole “Gaia BH1”

Video November 04, 2022
© T. Müller (MPIA)

This video zooms into the Milky Way at the position of the stellar black hole “Gaia BH1”, which is currently the closest black hole to Earth. After arriving at this location, we see the orbit of a sun-like star around Gaia BH1.

More information in the press release “New method finds black hole closest to Earth”.

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