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Nearest black hole to Earth discovered
- president 6y agoHow close would a black hole have to be to cause some damage to the Earth or it's orbit?
- krapp 6y agoGravity obeys the inverse square law, even with black holes. In fact, you could replace our sun with a black hole of equal mass and the orbits of the planets would remain the same[0]. So a black hole would probably have to be a lot closer than 1,000 light years away or else be a lot more massive at that distance to affect us in any noticeable way. [0]https://spaceplace.nasa.gov/review/dr-marc-sun/black-hole-sun.html https://spaceplace.nasa.gov/review/dr-marc-sun/black-hole-su...