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

- Source: Phys.org
- Published: 2026-10-22T14:40:07+00:00
- Category: Science
- Original: https://phys.org/news/2026-10-black-holes-neighborhood.html
- Canonical: https://groundlevelnews.com/story/there-should-be-black-holes-in-our-neighborhood-can-we-find-them-953286/

Scientific estimates show that there should be between about 100 million and 1 billion stellar-mass black holes in the Milky Way. But they aren't easy to locate. They're not like supermassive black holes (SMBH) at the centers of galaxies. Those are usually easy to spot for different reasons.

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