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ESO instrument finds black hole 1000 lightyears from Earth

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Tags: astronomy, chile, black holes, observations, cosmology, european southern observatory, physics.astro, telescopes, mpg eso telescope
https://www.eso.org/public/news/eso2007/

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Title
ESO Instrument Finds Closest Black Hole to Earth - Invisible object has two companion stars visible to the naked eye
Authors
information@eso.org
Published
May 6 2020
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1188 words

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  1. twisterghost
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    My irrational human self immediately responded to this headline with "oh god, could that be close enough to hurt us??" 1000 lightyears away and I'm still spooked by black holes.

    My irrational human self immediately responded to this headline with "oh god, could that be close enough to hurt us??"

    1000 lightyears away and I'm still spooked by black holes.

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