The American National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) defines a black hole as a region in space where a certain amount of matter collapses into itself.
Gravity is so strong in this region that nothing, including light, can escape.
It has been announced that the halo of light around the last black hole detected is 7000 times brighter than the light of the Milky Way Galaxy.
In this way, it was stated that it is possible to be seen by amateur astronomers with quality equipment.
In the study led by the Australian National University, it was announced that telescopes in New South Wales and Cape Town, South Africa were used.
VERY CLOSE TO THE MILKWAY
The head of the team conducting the study, Dr. “People have been trying to make these kinds of discoveries for about 60 years, but this black hole probably went undetected because it’s so close to the Milky Way. There are so many stars in the Milky Way that it’s not easy to track all the material you detect,” said Christopher Onken. he said.
It was stated that the recently discovered black hole is 500 times larger than the black hole called Sagittarius A* in the center of the Milky Way.
At a distance of 26,000 light-years from Earth, Sagittarius A* has almost 4 million times the mass of the Sun.
Black holes can be created by the explosion and death of some large stars. Some black holes can reach truly gigantic sizes, billions of times the weight of the Sun.
It is not known how these giant monsters in the center of galaxies came to be. But it is certain that it will have a major impact on the future and transformation of galaxies.
Thanks to the discovery of this latest black hole, astronomers hope to find new clues about how galaxies form.