The closest black hole ever found was located just 1,000 light-years away. Recent research shows that the object in question is a rare form of two-star system.
The system was thought to have three systems, with two stars near a black hole and one further away. Other researchers suggested a different interpretation of the data, with two stars circling each other and no black hole, where one of the stars was stripped down to a much lower mass.
Two teams of researchers joined forces to research the possibilities after they made the original finding. The data gathered by the European Southern Observatory shows that there are two stars that are 888-609- 888-609- 888-609- 888-609- 888-609- 888-609- 888-609- 888-609- 888-609- 888-609- 888-609- 888-609- 888-609- 888-609- 888-609- 888-609- 888-609- 888-609- 888-609- 888-609- 888-609- 888-609- 888-609- 888-609- 888-609- 888-609- 888-609- 888-609- 888-609- 888-609- 888-609- 888-609- 888-609- 888-609- 888-609- 888-609- 888-609- 888-609- 888-609- 888-609- 888-609- 888-609-
The best interpretation so far is that we caught this system in a moment after one of the stars had taken the atmosphere off its companion star. This is a common phenomenon in close systems, which is referred to as "stellar vampireism" in the press.
Even though the system doesn't host a black hole, it's still an exciting finding and gives researchers a chance to study stellar vampireism.
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