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Scientists Discover Closest Black Hole to Earth Right in Our Cosmic Backyard

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Gaia BH1 is dormant, 10 times more massive than our sun and located about 1,600 light-years away. It's three times closer to Earth than the previous winner, a black hole located in the Monoceros (unicorn) constellation. "This is the first unambiguous detection of a sun-like star in a wide orbit around a stellar-mass black hole," says astrophysicist Kareem El-Badry.

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