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There should be black holes in our neighborhood. Can we find them?

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Briefings

A 2026 article suggests the Milky Way contains 100 million to 1 billion stellar-mass black holes, yet they are difficult to locate because they differ from supermassive black holes. The evidence indicates these smaller black holes are not easily spotted, unlike their larger counterparts found at galactic centers.

Key points

• Scientific estimates place the number of stellar-mass black holes in the Milky Way between 100 million and 1 billion.
• These black holes are not easily located because they differ from supermassive black holes found at galactic centers.

Context

The article highlights a discrepancy between estimated black hole populations and their detectability, noting that stellar-mass black holes lack the visibility characteristics of supermassive ones.

Limitations

The evidence is a single article from 2026 with no additional data, and the specific number of black holes remains an estimate rather than a confirmed count.

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