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New look at first black hole detected shows it is bigger than expected – CNA
A fresh examination has revealed new details about the first black hole ever detected – which was spotted in 1964 and became the subject of a friendly wager between…
WASHINGTON: A fresh examination has revealed new details about the first black hole ever detected, which was spotted in 1964 and became the subject of a friendly wager between renowned scientists, including that it is bigger than previously known.
Researchers said on Thursday (Feb 18) that new observations of the Cygnus X-1 black hole, orbiting in a stellar marriage with a large and luminous star, showed it is 21 times our sun’s mass, about 50 per cent more massive than previously believed.
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