Giant Black Hole LB-1 Discovered
An international team of astronomers led by the National Astronomical Observatory of China (under the Chinese Academy of Sciences) recently discovered a monster black hole. It has been named LB-1. The study has caught the attention of the scientific community as it challenges the existing models of evolution of stars.
About LB-1
- Generally, stellar black holes are discovered by detecting X-rays which are emitted when a black hole gobbles up gas from a nearby star. But not all black holes display such characteristics.
- LB-1 was discovered in the Milky Way galaxy,using China’sLarge Sky Area Multi-Object Fiber Spectroscopic Telescope ....
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