Astronomers have spotted the most massive known stellar black hole in the Milky Way galaxy after detecting an unusual wobble in space.
<p>ATLANTA — Astronomers have spotted the most massive known stellar black hole in the Milky Way galaxy after detecting an unusual wobble in space.
</p><p>Astronomers discovered the black hole while combing through observations taken by European Space Agency's Gaia space telescope for an upcoming data release to the scientific community.
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