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Are any black holes close to Earth?

April 26, 2017black holes earth

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Are any black holes close to Earth?

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The closest black holes yet discovered are several thousand light-years away. They are so far that they have no effect on Earth or its environment. A supermassive black hole appears to inhabit the center of the Milky Way galaxy, about 27,000 light-years away. Although it is several million times the mass of the Sun, its great distance insures that it won’t affect our solar system.