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The Milky Way has a big newfound black hole, and it lurks close to Earth! This sleeping giant was discovered with the European space telescope Gaia, which tracks the motion of billions of stars in our galaxy.

https://www.space.com/milky-way-biggest ... ign=MANUAL


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Interesting Graeme. Thank you. Pretty close to us, too.
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Makes one wonder about the smaller ones wondering about...
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