A huge black hole has been discovered near our galaxy

Leo I black hole, in the heart dwarf galaxy Orbiting the Milky Way, it was recently discovered by a team of astronomers from the University of Texas, reports… futuristic. According to the analyzes carried out, its size will be much larger than expected. The object will actually focus on about 3.3 million solar masses, roughly the same as the black hole at the center of our galaxy.

Mass Black hole Being proportional to its size, Leo I would prove to be particularly large compared to the dwarf galaxy that hosts it. “You have a very small galaxy falling into the Milky Way, and its black hole is almost the same mass as the Milky Way,” summed up astronomer Karl Gebhardt, co-author of the study published in Astrophysical Journal.

Three upcoming European space missions

Therefore, this discovery calls into question the relationship, which was thought to be proportional, between the size of the galaxy and the size of the black hole in its center, indicating that slatewhich transmits information.

In the coming years, three European space missions will focus on these still mysterious objects. Starting in 2022, Euclid will be launched, which will focus on the study of dark matter and dark energy. You should follow the missions of Athena and Lisa, which will study the process of black hole growth and its role in the formation of the universe.