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A black hole is an object with such immense mass that not even light can escape its vicinity. Imagine it as a Sun compressed into a single point, creating extreme gravity. While invisible itself, it is revealed by its accretion disk—a glowing ring of dust and gas orbiting it like planets before being swallowed. We distinguish between stellar black holes (formed by collapsing stars), intermediate ones, and supermassive black holes, which reside at galactic centers and weigh as much as millions of our Suns.
- Percentage of Black holes within 98.5 light years: 0 % (0 from 9522 stars)
- Average mass of Black holes: 300-10000000% solar mass
- Average radius of Black holes: 0.000001-1% solar radius
- Average temperature of Black holes: 0-10000000 K
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Nearest Black holes
| Star name | Mass | Distance | ||
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Gaia BH1 | 9.6 M☉ | 1561 ly | |
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Gaia BH3 2MASS J19391872+1455542, LS II +14 13 |
32.7 M☉ | 1983 ly | |
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V616 Monocerotis 1A 0620-00, INTREF 297, Nova Mon 1917, Nova Mon 1975, Mon X-1, V616 Mon |
5.9 M☉ | 4680 ly | |
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Gaia BH2 UCAC4 154-126202, 2MASS J13501675-5914203 |
8.9 M☉ | 4853 ly | |
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V404 Cygni V404 Cyg, Nova Cygni 1938, Nova Cygni 1989, GS 2023+338, AAVSO 2020+33 |
9 M☉ | 10786 ly | |
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Numerical simulations reveal outcomes of primordial black hole encounters with TOI 2796
7. 7. 2026
Stars | Exoplanets | Black holes | TESSThe TOI 2796 system, which is known to host a hot Jupiter—a massive gas giant planet orbiting very close to its parent star—faces potential disruption from encounters with primordial black holes. Primordial black holes are hypothetical objects thought to have formed in the very early universe, long before the first stars and galaxies emerged. Using numerical three-body simulations, the gravitational effects of such an encounter on the planetary system were modeled over a duration of 100 days...
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