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- joedlhLv 711 months agoFavorite Answer
If memory serves, that black hole is a thousand light years away. That 's pretty far -- 5,874,589,152,000,000 miles or 9,454,240,512,000,000 kilometers. I think it's safe to say that you can breathe easy.
- choko_canyonLv 711 months ago
In 15-18 billion years, sure. But by then the Earth will have been swallowed by our sun, which will expand to a red giant in about 7 billion years.
- Anonymous11 months ago
If you mean HR 6819, it is part of a stable star system 1,000 light years from Earth. It can't suck the Earth since its not anywhere near us and is not heading towards us.
- 11 months ago
While it's possible, it is very, very far into the future. 1000 light years is "close" in terms of how close objects are in the galaxy - but it's still very far away... Both the newly discovered black hole and our solar system are orbiting the center of the Milky Way - so we're not moving very fast toward or away from each other. Just like the stars that have been our 'neighbors' for a very long time.
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- Anonymous11 months ago
On balance , I think the answer is No .
One could imagine that over eons of time , the black hole at the centre of our galaxy should probably consume every star in it -- but I suspect that their orbital motions ,and interactions with one another ,and even the black hole itself, will keep most stars "safe" .
But it would be interesting to know if that calculation had ever been made .
PS: I forgot -- Ref NR 6819 -- No .
- 11 months ago
We'll be absorbed into the sun many billions of years before that.