A newfound black hole in the Milky Way is weirdly heavy0
- From Around the Web, Space
- November 28, 2019
The object is locked in orbit with a star about 13,800 light-years away from Earth
The object is locked in orbit with a star about 13,800 light-years away from Earth
Theoreticians in two fields defied the received wisdom that planets only orbit stars like the sun. They proposed the possibility of thousands of planets around a supermassive black hole.
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