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Astronomers Discover Closest Black Hole to Earth, Say It s 10 Times Bigger Than the Sun

Astronomers have discovered the closest known black hole to Earth, which is just 1,600 light-years away and is 10 times more massive than the Sun.

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Scientists Find Closest Black Hole To Earth, Right In Our Cosmic Back Yard

By using the International Gemini Observatory, astronomers have uncovered the closest-known black hole to Earth.

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Astronomers discover the closest black hole to Earth – in our cosmic backyard – NewsBeezer

Astronomers discover the closest black hole to Earth – in our cosmic backyard – NewsBeezer
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Closest Known Black Hole to Earth at 1600 Light-Years, Found by Astronomers

The most extreme things in the cosmos are black holes. All huge galaxies presumably have supermassive versions of these unfathomably dense objects at their cores. An estimated 100 million stellar-mass black holes in the Milky Way are significantly more prevalent and weigh five to one hundred times as much as the sun.

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Astronomers discover nearest black hole to Earth, located only 1,600 light years away

Astronomers using the Gemini North telescope in Hawaii have identified the black hole nearest to Earth, and given it the moniker Gaia BH1.

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