{"id":240557,"date":"2026-07-09T20:05:12","date_gmt":"2026-07-10T01:05:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2026\/07\/confirmed-we-are-surrounded-by-invisible-black-holes"},"modified":"2026-07-09T20:05:12","modified_gmt":"2026-07-10T01:05:12","slug":"confirmed-we-are-surrounded-by-invisible-black-holes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2026\/07\/confirmed-we-are-surrounded-by-invisible-black-holes","title":{"rendered":"Confirmed! We Are Surrounded by Invisible Black Holes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<p><iframe style=\"display: block; margin: 0 auto; width: 100%; aspect-ratio: 4\/3; object-fit: contain;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/4v5Ubg4-TAo?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope;\n   picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The solar system may look isolated, but the Milky Way could be filled with rogue black holes drifting silently between the stars. These invisible black holes do not shine or reflect light, making them almost impossible to detect unless their gravity bends the light of a distant star. To learn more about rogue black holes near our solar system, you can watch this video.<\/p>\n<p>Paperlink: <a href=\"https:\/\/arxiv.org\/pdf\/2601\">https:\/\/arxiv.org\/pdf\/2601<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Chapters:<br \/> 00:00 Introduction.<br \/> 00:52 The Galaxy Is Full of Invisible Black Holes.<br \/> 02:55 The Nearest Black Hole May Be Closer Than We Think.<br \/> 06:16 How Scientists Search for Something That Emits No Light.<br \/> 09:27 Outro.<br \/> 09:44 Enjoy.<\/p>\n<p>MUSIC TITLE: Starlight Harmonies.<\/p>\n<p>MUSIC LINK: <a href=\"https:\/\/pixabay.com\/music\/pulses-star\">https:\/\/pixabay.com\/music\/pulses-star<\/a>\u2026 our website for up-to-the-minute updates: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nasaspacenews.com\">www.nasaspacenews.com<\/a> Follow us Facebook: <img class=\"\" alt=\"\"> \/ nasaspacenews Twitter: <img class=\"\" alt=\"\"> \/ spacenewsnasa Join this channel to get access to these perks: <img class=\"\" alt=\"\"> \/ <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nspacenews\">@nspacenews<\/a> #NSN #NASA #Astronomy.<\/p>\n<p>Visit our website for up-to-the-minute updates:<\/p>\n<div class=\"more-link-wrapper\"> <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2026\/07\/confirmed-we-are-surrounded-by-invisible-black-holes\">Continue reading \u201cConfirmed! We Are Surrounded by Invisible Black Holes\u201d | &gt;<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The solar system may look isolated, but the Milky Way could be filled with rogue black holes drifting silently between the stars. These invisible black holes do not shine or reflect light, making them almost impossible to detect unless their gravity bends the light of a distant star. To learn more about rogue black holes [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":661,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33,42],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-240557","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cosmology","category-media-arts"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/240557","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/661"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=240557"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/240557\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=240557"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=240557"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=240557"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}