"Take the Solar System, put a black hole where the Sun is, and the Sun where the Earth is, and you get this system," explains @CenterforAstro's Kareem El-Badry, the lead author of a new paper describing the closest black hole to Earth.
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ALT Artist’s impression of the closest black hole to Earth and its Sun-like companion star. A large white star with an orange hue sits in the foreground. A dark, round sphere with hints of silver is in the background closeby.
Nov 4, 2022 · 3:29 PM UTC
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