The black hole is located about 1,500 light years - the distance light travels in a year, 5.9 trillion miles (9.5 trillion km) - from Earth. While it may be the closest one to us, it is still far ...

One of the smallest black holes — and the closest to Earth so far — discovered. Scientists call it 'the Unicorn.' Dustin Barnes USA TODAY 0:00 ...

The Unicorn might be the closest black hole to Earth spotted so far, but in space that is still a very long distance. It exists about 1,500 light years away from our planet, but is still situated ...

Astronomers have apparently found the closest known black hole to Earth — a weirdly tiny object dubbed "The Unicorn" that lurks just 1,500 light-years from us.

The Unicorn black hole influenced its companion star that was distorting the shape of the star. The star was a Red Giant, which is a more evolved star that is big, cold and luminous.

Unlike some other black holes orbiting with a star, this one was not observed to be drawing material from its companion, which is 173 times more luminous than our sun. The only smaller potential ...

The Unicorn might be the closest black hole to Earth spotted so far, but in space that is still a very long distance. It exists about 1,500 light years away from our planet, but is still situated ...

There are three categories of black holes. The smallest, like 'the Unicorn,' are so-called stellar mass black holes formed by the gravitational collapse of a single star.