Stellar black holes are formed by the collapse of massive stars. The black hole, named LB-1, is 15,000 light-years away. 3 BLACK HOLES POSSIBLY SEEN COOKING THEIR GALAXIES ALIVEA paper on the discovery has been published in the journal Nature. Previously, stellar black holes could only be discovered by identifying X-ray emissions created when they devoured gas from a companion star. Earlier this year, in a separate project, scientists released the first-ever image of a black hole, revealing the distant object in stunning detail.

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