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    Gaia BH1 (Gaia DR3 4373465352415301632) is a binary system consisting of a G-type main-sequence star and a likely stellar-mass black hole, located about...
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    known black hole system to Earth. Gaia BH2 is the second black hole discovered from Gaia DR3 astrometric data, and Gaia BH1 and BH2 are likely the only black...
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  • nearest known black hole is Gaia BH1, which was discovered in September 2022 by a team led by Kareem El-Badry. Gaia BH1 is 1,560 light-years away from...
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    Analysis of Gaia DR3 data in 2022 revealed a Sun-like star with the identifier Gaia DR3 4373465352415301632 orbiting a black hole, dubbed Gaia BH1. At a distance...
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    As of 2023[update], the nearest known body thought to be a black hole, Gaia BH1, is around 1,560 light-years (480 parsecs) away. Though only a couple dozen...
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    hole orbited by a G-type main-sequence star, the system identified as Gaia BH1 at around 1,560 light years from the Sun. There is no evidence of the constellation...
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    Candidates outside our galaxy from X-ray binaries: The disappearance of N6946-BH1 following a failed supernova in NGC 6946 may have resulted in the formation...
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    1907V. doi:10.1093/mnras/stx2071. Brown, A. G. A.; et al. (Gaia collaboration) (2021). "Gaia Early Data Release 3: Summary of the contents and survey properties"...
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  • has a solid surface with no atmosphere. 4 November – The discovery of Gaia BH1, a binary system containing what is likely the closest known black hole...
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    X-1 another x-ray binary with a stellar black hole and a massive star Gaia BH1 first dormant black hole Zaritsky, Dennis; Harris, Jason; Thompson, Ian...
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