'Monster' black hole LB-1 discovered in Earth's cosmic 'backyard'

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This newly discovered black hole has a mass 70 times greater than the sun.

Joel ShannonThis photo shows the artist rendering of the black hole LB-1. A Chinese-led research team has discovered a surprisingly huge stellar black hole about 14,000 light-years from Earth -- our "backyard" of the universe -- forcing scientists to re-examine how such black holes form. The team, headed by Liu Jifeng, of the National Astronomical Observatory of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, spotted the black hole, which has a mass 70 times greater than the Sun.

"Black holes of such mass should not even exist in our galaxy, according to most of the current models of stellar evolution," says Liu Jifeng, a professor at the National Astronomical Observatory of China and the head researcher on the study, in the news release.

 

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