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Answer : 4. "Supergiant stellar black hole"
What is ‘Gaia-BH3’, which was in the news recently?
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What is ‘Gaia-BH3’, which was in the news recently?
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Answer : 4. "Supergiant stellar black hole"
Explanation :
Astronomers have identified Gaia-BH3, the most massive known stellar black hole in the Milky Way. Discovered through data from the Gaia mission, it causes an unusual 'wobble' of its companion star. Confirmed by ground-based observatories, its mass is 33 times that of our Sun, located 1,926 light-years away in Aquila.