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First black hole ever detected is more massive than we thought – Science Daily

New observations of the first black hole ever detected have led astronomers to question what they know about the Universe’s most mysterious objects. The research…

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New observations of the first black hole ever detected have led astronomers to question what they know about the Universe’s most mysterious objects.Published today in the journal Science, the research shows the system known as Cygnus X-1 contains the most massive stellar-mass black hole ever detected without the use of gravitational waves.
Cygnus X-1 is one of the closest black holes to Earth. It was discovered in 1964 when a pair of Geiger counters were carried on board a sub-orbital rocket launched…

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