The nearest black hole to Earth lies about 24, 000 light-years away. A member of a binary system called V4641 Sagitarii, the black hole is slowly devouring its ordinary stellar companion.

距离地球最近的黑洞位于24000光年外，在名为V4641射手座的双星系统中，它正在缓慢吞噬自己的伴星。

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That's an aspect most binary black hole simulations to date — which are already incredibly complex — have not included.

这也是迄今为止大部分黑洞对模拟都不包含的方面之一——而这已经是非常复杂的了。

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An artist's conception shows M33 X-7, a binary system in the galaxy M33 where a black hole is in orbit with a large star.

一副描绘M 33 X - 7的艺术概念图，这是位于M33星系的一个双星系统，黑洞正在一颗巨大恒星的轨道上运行。

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Its detection on cue confirmed the model, suggesting that OJ287 was a black hole binary.

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"The detection of a binary black hole supports the idea that black holes can grow to enormous masses in the centres of galaxies by merging with other black holes, " said Komossa.

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"This is the first time we see a binary black hole in action, the smoking gun for something that will become a major gravitational wave burst in the future, " says Hasinger.

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