Astronomers discover the closest black hole to Earth — and you can see it with the naked eye Astronomers have discovered a new black hole, and it's practically in our backyard. Researchers say the black hole is just 1,000 light-years away from Earth — closer to our solar system than any other found to date. CONT.. ON LINK
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Feel free to reply to any comment by clicking the "Reply" button.This is what DC looks like right now.
JackPedigo
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May 14, 2020
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Black holes drag in material and spew it out as radiation. Is that what DC is doing?
@rogerbenham Right, drag and spew especially 'spew.'
If we are roughly 50,000 light years from the galaxy centre then what on earth, I mean galaxy, is a black hole doing far closer to us?
rogerbenham
Level 8
May 14, 2020
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yes ! That is an amazing thought. They are way more common than previously thought of.
@AmmaRE007 More than a 1000 years ago a massive star at that distance burned out and collapsed in on itself. Then the question is did it form a sufficiently large field to drag other stars into itself or is just pulling in small stuff?
So what are our chances of getting sucked in? Asking for a friend.......
AnneWimsey
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May 14, 2020
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Well we can't move at anything like the speed of light and we'd most likely move in a slow vortex around it for many thousand years. Nothing to lose sleep over.
Your friend travels at the speed of light and can live over 1000 years ? Tell your friend go 180° away from that hole ....don't waste a long life alone on a starship
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