The closest black hole to Earth doesn't actually exist - Space.com


3/2/2022 12:00:00 AM3 years 11 months ago
by Stefanie Waldek

It's a classic case of mistaken identity — and stellar vampirism.

In 2020, a team of astronomers with the European Southern Observatory (ESO) discovered the closest black hole to Earth in the HR 6819 system, just 1,000 light-years away, only to have other scien… [+3046 chars]

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