If confirmed, this black hole would be about 18,000 light-years away. The find is important because the black hole is between 20,000 and 50,000 times more massive than our sun.

Astronomers have discovered a black hole closer to Earth than any other previously found. It’s about ten times as massive as our sun and is located just 1,600 light-years away—rather nearby on ...

Space.com: Astronomers have detected a pair of supermassive black holes that are closer together than any previously discovered.

Astronomers have discovered that there is a black hole much closer to Earth than we previously thought! It's been named Gaia BH1 after the Gaia spacecraft that found it. It's around 1,500 light ...

Astronomers have accurately measured the distance between Earth and a particular black hole for the first time. And wow, is it close. The researchers determined that the black hole V404 Cygni is ...

The supermassive black holes at the heart of MCG-03-34-64 are also closer to each other than the occupants of previously discovered binaries of this type.

Scientists Are Creeping Closer to Colorized Black Hole Images Using multiple wavelengths and some atmospheric jiu-jitsu, astronomers are changing how we see the universe.