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Study hints at the Existence of the Closest Black Holes to Earth in the Hyades Star Cluster

Image of the Hyades star cluster. Image: Jose Mtanous

Black holes are one of the most mysterious and fascinating phenomena in the Universe. A paper published in the journal Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society hints at the existence of several black holes in the Hyades cluster – the closest open cluster to our solar system – which would make them the closest black holes to Earth ever detected...

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