The observations also showed that there are two stars orbiting the hole and one of them every 40 days at almost 70 million kilometers (45% of the distance between the Sun and the Earth), while the second star is much farther away.
The magazine "Astronomy & Astrophysics", which revealed this discovery, stated that "the La Silla observatory is located in the southern part of the Atacama Desert and at an altitude of 2,400 meters, this discovery opens the door to finding new similar black holes".
The news has been replicated by various international media such as the New York Times, The Guardian and BBC and reaffirms Chile's key role in astronomical research, thanks to its privileged skies and the high observational capacity installed in our country to obtain the great answers to the study of the Universe.
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