The closest black hole to Earth was found in a star system you can see with the naked eye
European astronomers have found the closest black hole to Earth yet, one of many more undetected black holes that could be found in the future. A team of astronomers from the European Southern Observatory discovered the black hole just 1,000 light-years from Earth, said Dietrich Baade, co-author of a study published online Wednesday in the peer-reviewed journal Astronomy & Astrophysics. The astronomers found the invisible object while tracking two nearby stars […]
