Quiet black holes with a stellar companion raise questions about how they form
They either drift through the galaxy alone or orbit a companion star without consuming its material.
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They either drift through the galaxy alone or orbit a companion star without consuming its material.
We currently know of three such black holes thanks to the Gaia spacecraft.
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They either drift through the galaxy alone or orbit a companion star without consuming its material. We can't observe inactive black holes directly. We can only observe their effects on nearby objects.
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We can't observe inactive black holes directly. We can only observe their effects on nearby objects. We currently know of three such black holes thanks to the Gaia spacecraft.
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