Closest black hole to Earth discovered 1,000 light-years away

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Astronomers say they have discovered a black hole on our doorstep, just 1,000 light years from Earth.

It was found in a system called HR 6819, in the constellation Telescopium.

Now experts say they have further analysed the data to discover there is another body within the system: a black hole with a mass over four times that of our sun, and the closest to Earth found so far.

“On the one branch of the mobile you have two stars hanging, one of which is not visible, which is black – that is the black hole. And these two objects are orbiting each other,” he said. “And the other branch of the mobile you have one star which is much farther away from the other two.”

The black hole is unusual. “The hallmark of this black hole is that it is truly black,” he said. “Almost all the other black holes that we know are in the Milky Way – and there are only two dozen of them – shine very brightly in X-rays.”

The new work, which is published in the journal Astronomy & Astrophysics, is based on data collected using telescopes at ESO’s La Silla Observatory in Chile.

“Theoretical models suggest that in the Milky Way there are between 100m and 1bn black holes,” said Baade.

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16 minutes ago, FfFfFfFF said:

“The hallmark of this black hole is that it is truly black,”

Who would’ve thought?

[Horny Chicken 10,935]

Is Chromatica there? 

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2 minutes ago, TwilightMonster said:

Who would’ve thought?

Black holes absorb all surrounding matter and energy within a certain proximity. For this reason, these celestial objects emit no light and therefore do not have a color. 

https://sciencing.com/color-black-hole-4921.html

[lifeasgeorge 9,427]

I find things like this so fascinating 

It always humbles me when I remember we are stationed on a floating rock in the middle of a vast ever growing space and that our problems are pretty insignificant in the grand scheme of life 

[Killa 18,825]

a hole shinier than thou

[Gracious Gaga 17,163]

great. im booking my flight tickets now. can't wait to get out of here. 

[anziety 777]

it’s a portal to chromatica yup yup 

[DC 25,164]

I hope we can at least get to hear Chromatica before it swallows us whole 

[ShayCristoforo 10,607]

Well at least we got 2 hours of joy today 

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https://www.firstpost.com/tech/science/the-closest-black-hole-yet-discovered-is-a-mere-1000-lightyears-away-reveals-eso-study-8343671.html

 

A black hole about 1,000 light years away has been found making it the closest find so far

 

This black hole is "truly black" because it's not currently feeding on anything meaning it can't be seen. It's only observed by its gravitational effects on the stars and system orbiting what appears to be nothing every 40 days

 

Even tho it's the closest confirmed to Earth so far, it is still way too far to pose a threat.

 

As far as we been able to tell so far, our section of the Galaxy is unusually calm with no immediate black holes, neutron stars, magnetars, stars about to go nova and other dangerous stuff nearby. Even the closest known hazard Betelgeuse which will go Nova any year now is too far to pose a threat to us

[hijadeputa 4,050]

Cool

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I knew we were never going to hear Chromatica..

Wait, what if Chromatica IS the black hole? 

My mind.

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I want to experience what will happen to me if I jump into one!! 

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Chromatica ain’t safe