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Space, the final frontier

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Astronomers discover closest black hole to Earth (beta.nsf.gov)
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And a second closest black hole was just discovered https://arxiv.org/abs/2302.07880v1

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[–] yuu@group.lt 1 points 2 years ago

This dormant black hole is about 10 times more massive than the sun and is located about 1,600 light-years away in the constellation Ophiuchus, making it three times closer to Earth than the previous record holder.