Astronomers Find Black Hole 1,560 Light-Years from Earth

Just when you’ve started to put your Halloween decorations away, astronomers found a new spook just 1,560 light-years from Earth. In cosmic terms, that’s pretty darn close. The new spook is Gaia BH1, which is now the closest known black hole to Earth. For a black hole, it’s fairly small at 10 stellar masses. For … [Read more…]