Hyades image © Jose Mtanous, via University of Barcelona.

In 2023, our study suggested that the Hyades star cluster may still host two or three stellar-mass black holes, or may have ejected them relatively recently. The results received international press coverage.

Press coverage

• University of Barcelona — Study hints at the existence of the closest black holes to Earth in the Hyades star cluster
• Forbes — Closest Black Holes Are Right In Front Of Our Eyes, Say Scientists
• Daily Mail — Black holes may lurk much closer to Earth than we thought
• ANSA — Scoperti i buchi neri più vicini alla Terra, a 150 anni luce
• Media INAF — Buchi neri, potremmo averne di molto vicini a noi

Original paper

Torniamenti et al. (2023) — Stellar-mass black holes in the Hyades star cluster? · Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 524, 1965.