Dormant Black Hole Detected Just 160 000 Light Years From Earth
The sleeping giant is not currently devouring gas or other matter. It lies in the Large Magellanic Cloud, a satellite galaxy that neighbors the Milky Way and orbits a hot, blue star that is almost three times as big. The discovery has been likened to finding a “needle in a haystack.” “It’s incredible; we hardly know of any dormant black holes given how common astronomers believe them to be,” said co-author Dr....