They claim that this is the first dormant “stellar mass” black hole to be detected outside of our Milky Way Galaxy.
A dormant black hole at least nine times the mass of the Sun has been discovered just 160,000 light-years away from Earth, orbiting a star.
A team of researchers – known as the “black hole police” after debunking how often we hear about discoveries around them – searched for nearly 1,000 stars in the Tarantula Nebula in the constellation Dorado before spotting it.
They claim that this is the first dormant “stellar mass” black hole to be detected outside of our Milky Way Galaxy.
Stellar mass black holes form when massive stars reach the end of their lives and collapse under their own gravity.
A black hole is considered “dormant” if it is not actively gobbling up matter and, as a result, does not emit light or other radiation.
The discovery has been likened to finding a “needle in a haystack”, as quiescent black holes are notoriously difficult to detect because they do not interact with their surroundings.
VIDEO SOURCE: YOUTUBE- ESO
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