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The Milky Way's Most Massive Stellar Black Hole is Only 2,000 Light Years Away


mers have found the largest stellar mass black hole in the Milky Way so far. At 33 solar masses, it dwarfs the previous record-holder, Cygnus X-1, which has only 21 solar masses.

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