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Potietang t1_iv3107y wrote

Reply to comment by soMAJESTIC in Closest known black hole to Earth spotted by astronomers by lunarmoonr

Considering the black hole at the center of our own galaxy is 26,000 ly away it’s definitely disturbing.

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soMAJESTIC t1_iv318wk wrote

It just means the black hole is also in the same galaxy.

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ontopofyourmom t1_iv35tov wrote

A black hole is no more threatening to earth than any other object of the same mass, and there are thousands and thousands of such objects (eg large stars) within 1,600 light years

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