Are there any know black holes in the Universe?

Answer 1

Yes. There are many confirmed black holes in the universe.
One of the better known black holes is Cygnus X-1. There are multiple other confimed black holes, as well as the supermassive black hole in the center of the Milky Way.

Answer 2

Star Sgtr a, in the constrllation of saggitarius, in the centre of the Milky way is a black hole. and there are a lot many more that have been identified.

Answer 3

yes there are black holes. Scientists have studied the affects of black holes on their surrounding environments. Such as stars and planets.

Answer 4

Hi. The center of our galaxy has either a black hole or something even weirder. They can see the effects of stars being pulled apart and evaporated. I would call this a 'known' black hole. It's called Sgr A* (Sagittarius A star). http://www.answers.com/topic/sagittarius-a-1?ff=1

Answer 5

black holes are actually not lapsing for a minutes or a seconds of time this like atyphoon of the heavens when a star has finshed it's life span that is why scientist does't account a name for this...

Answer 6

You can't see a black hole but you can see the effect of it, which has been done.

Answer 7

Yes, there are.
In fact, in the center of every galaxy there is a supermassive black hole.

Answer 8

our universe is on the outside of a giant black hole!
i forgot what it's called, something like a disk galaxy...something. bleh. i forgot.

Answer 9

our galaxy has a black hole in the middle ... lots more



my dad is an astronomer he knows his stuff

Answer 10

Yes, try Cygnus x-1
http://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2003/bhspin/
http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2001/ast07jun_1.htm