191128 -- BEIJING, Nov. 28, 2019 Xinhua -- Liu Jifeng 1st R Back, deputy director-general of the National Astronomical Observatory of the Chinese Academy of Sciences NAOC and the first author of the study, speaks during a press conference of the black hole LB-1 discovered with the Large Sky Area Multi-Object Fibre Spectroscopy Telescope LAMOST, in Beijing, capital of China, Nov. 27, 2019. A Chinese-led research team has discovered a surprisingly huge stellar black hole about 14,000 light years from Earth -- our backyard of the universe -- forcing scientists to re-examine how such black holes f

191128 -- BEIJING, Nov. 28, 2019 Xinhua -- Liu Jifeng 1st R Back, deputy director-general of the National Astronomical Observatory of the Chinese Academy of Sciences NAOC and the first author of the study, speaks during a press conference of the black hole LB-1 discovered with the Large Sky Area Multi-Object Fibre Spectroscopy Telescope LAMOST, in Beijing, capital of China, Nov. 27, 2019. A Chinese-led research team has discovered a surprisingly huge stellar black hole about 14,000 light years from Earth -- our backyard of the universe -- forcing scientists to re-examine how such black holes f Stock Photo

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191128 -- BEIJING, Nov. 28, 2019 Xinhua -- Liu Jifeng 1st R Back, deputy director-general of the National Astronomical Observatory of the Chinese Academy of Sciences NAOC and the first author of the study, speaks during a press conference of the black hole LB-1 discovered with the Large Sky Area Multi-Object Fibre Spectroscopy Telescope LAMOST, in Beijing, capital of China, Nov. 27, 2019. A Chinese-led research team has discovered a surprisingly huge stellar black hole about 14, 000 light years from Earth -- our backyard of the universe -- forcing scientists to re-examine how such black holes form. The team, headed by Liu Jifeng, spotted the black hole, which has a mass 70 times greater than the Sun. Researchers named the monster black hole LB-1. Xinhua EyesonSci CHINA-BLACK HOLE-LB-1 CN PUBLICATIONxNOTxINxCHN

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