Black holes
291 black holes across three families: the supermassive giants anchoring galaxies, stellar-mass holes in our own, and hundreds caught the moment they formed, when LIGO and Virgo felt two of them collide.
Most massiveM87*6.5 billion ☉54 million ly from Earth
Nearest to EarthA0620-006.6 ☉3,500 ly from Earth
Supermassive · the hearts of galaxies
- Messier 87*54 million ly away6.5 billion ☉
- Sombrero Central Black Hole30 million ly away1.0 billion ☉
- Andromeda Central Black Hole2.5 million ly away140.0 million ☉
- Bode's Galaxy Central Black Hole12 million ly away70.0 million ☉
- Centaurus A Central Black Hole12 million ly away55.0 million ☉
- Messier 106 Central Black Hole24 million ly away39.0 million ☉
- Sagittarius A*26,000 ly away4.3 million ☉
Stellar-mass · in the Milky Way and its satellites
Gravitational-wave · caught as they merged
Each of these is the black hole left behind when two spiralled together, detected by the spacetime ripples the collision sent across the universe (LIGO/Virgo/KAGRA, GWTC).
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