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		habibur on April 16, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Astronomers discover Milky Way’s biggest stellar b... Largest "stellar" black hole in Milky Way. Not the "largest black hole" as some media are reporting it in their title. The largest black hole in Milky Way is million times more massive than our sun. Falls in super massive category.

codeulike on April 16, 2024 | [–]

So they found the biggest one that isn't really big

robin_reala on April 16, 2024 | | [–]

They didn’t find the biggest one, they found the biggest one they’ve found so far. Which in all probability is pretty small.

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