Scientists discover the smallest ever black hole | Technology News, The Indian Express

Scientists discover the smallest ever black hole | Technology News, The Indian Express

By Tech Desk |New Delhi |Updated: November 1, 2019 5:32:07 pm

Scientists discover the smallest ever black hole

Space scientists have found out a tiny black hole that could fall under a totally different class of objects. It has a size of 3.3 solar masses and is located near a huge star 2MASS J05215658+4359220.

An artist’s rendering of the black hole astrophysicists identified in this study. The black hole (bottom left) is seen near a red giant star. The discovery shows there may be an entire class of black holes astronomers did not know existed. (Image source: Ohio State University)

Space scientists seem to have discovered the smallest black hole ever to get detected till now that might come under a totally different class of objects. The researchers at Ohio State University were studying a huge star and a companion, which they claim happens to be the smallest black hole ever.