The title does bury the lede: this discovery is the closest confirmed black hole now. Before that, the closest was ~3000ly away. There might be one ~960ly away

The title does bury the lede: this discovery is the closest confirmed black hole now. Before that, the closest was ~3000ly away. There might be one ~960ly away, but that hasn't been confirmed. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_nearest_known_black_holes https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_nearest_known_black_ho...