• Question: where is the nearest black hole

    Asked by anon-245469 to Sam, Samantha, Nicol, Lori-Ann, Liam, David on 10 Mar 2020.
    • Photo: Sam Frampton

      Sam Frampton answered on 10 Mar 2020:

      At the middle of the milky way! (our galaxy) but it’s very far away so we aren’t affected by it on Earth.

    • Photo: Lori-Ann Foley

      Lori-Ann Foley answered on 10 Mar 2020:

      It is the one in the centre of our galaxy but we are out at the edge, so not too close to us. 🙂

    • Photo: Samantha Faircloth

      Samantha Faircloth answered on 10 Mar 2020:

      Hi Maddy, remarkably we have our own very hole in our galaxy! Pretty cool : -) Luckily, we won’t get sucked into it because we are a long way away! : -)

    • Photo: David Sobral

      David Sobral answered on 10 Mar 2020:

      The nearest confirmed black hole is around 1,000 light years away, but there might be others even closer.

      The Betelgeuse star is “about” to go supernovae and after that the core will likely collapse into a black hole and likely become the closest black hole to Earth, at just 640 light years away!

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