the closest to the black hole they say one day may consume our system?
2007-03-02 04:43:31 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
I don't know who "they" are but the nearest black hole we've been able to identify is at the center of our Milky Way galaxy, and tens of millions of light years away. Since our solar system is in orbit around it, we are technically "passing by" it all the time. But at that distance, it doesn't have anywhere near the gravity to suck us in. (When you see the vast majority of stars around Sagittarius cleared out, you can start worrying.)
2007-03-02 09:48:23 · answer #1 · answered by skepsis 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No one says that we will be consumed by a black hole and I suspect no one knows where the closest one is.
2007-03-02 04:48:45 · answer #2 · answered by Gene 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Pass what? i don't get the question.
2007-03-02 04:48:33 · answer #3 · answered by American Wildcat 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋