A newfound black hole in the Milky Way is weirdly heavy

The object is locked in orbit with a star about 13,800 light-years away from Earth

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A black hole (one illustrated) with a mass equal to about 68 suns has been found in the Milky Way, researchers say. That dark mass is much heavier than other similar black holes.

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A heavyweight black hole in our galaxy has some explaining to do.