Scientists find new black holes in Milky Way

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Scientists find new black holes in Milky Way

Astrophysicists have discovered signs of a dozen black holes in the inner circle of the Milky Way and believe there could be 10,000 of them. The find is a breakthrough in understanding how black holes form.

Date 04.04.2018

According to a study in the journal Nature published on Wednesday, the stellar black holes exist in addition to the already known supermassive black hole, called Sagittarius A, which sits at the center of the Milky Way. The discovery is said to hint at a much larger population of black holes across the galaxy.

Scientists said it could enhance our understanding of gravitational waves, the ripples in space-time created by powerful cosmic events such as when massive objects collide.

The study found that the newly confirmed black holes are about 10 times the mass of our sun, compared to Sagittarius A, which has the mass of 4 million suns.
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