The Closest Black Hole To Us Is Not The One In The Center Of Our Galaxy

IFL Science ^ | JULY 10, 2024 | STEPHEN LUNTZ

[Red Badger]

Spot the Black hole...................

[Gene Eric]

Assuming that’s not a picture of a sparkly, glittery dress.

[17th Miss Regt]

Does it have spots like a leopard?

[Red Badger]

I don’t know. I can’t see it.....................🙄

[SuperLuminal]

Anyone who lives in MD would know the answer to that...

[mikey_hates_everything]

"At 18,000 light years away..."

Ok, good. That's all I needed to see first before paying attention to anything else.

[Ken522]

I remember they said Cygnus X-1 was the closest black hole at 7200 light years away — now they are saying this one is the closest??? What the heck?????!

[Red Badger]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cygnus_X-1

[Red Badger]

I used to!...................

[LastDayz]

That is correct.... it’s DC.

[SuperLuminal]

Always suspect anything published in Nature...
I’ll wait until they publish it in the Journal of Astrophysics and Astronomy before having an opinion...

[NWFree]

The closest black hole is Washington DC

[Raycpa]

I thought the closest black hole is either my checking account or the media.

[NWFree]

No one knows where all the tax money goes but it often pops out on the other side of the planet

[webheart]

That looks like my TV screen.

[SteveH]

astrophysics is so racist

/s

[beethovenfan]

I thought it was in Washington D.C.

[AndyJackson]

18,000 light years away, this object is hardly close, and certainly no threat,

If we were approaching this object at 1/1000th of the speed of light, which is not a high velocity at all, we would collide with the black hole in 18 million years, which is a mere blip in geological time. So, this may not be a threat, but you cannot say that no object 18,000 light years away is a threat.

[maddog55]

I was thinking Stacy Abrams or Big Mike 🤮🤮🤮