New discovery says the closest black hole to Earth isn’t a black hole at all - BGR

What was once believed to be the Earth's closest black hole has now been classified as a two-star system with a vampiric star.

The Earth’s closest black hole isn’t a black hole at all. Instead, astronomers say it’s just a two-star system where one star is sucking the life out of the other. Earth’s closest black hole isn’t a… [+2741 chars]

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