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by CGamesPlay 2721 days ago
> The closest black hole we know of is V616 Monocerotis, also known as V616 Mon. It's located about 3,000 light years away. [1]

So no, because we haven’t had lasers for 3000 years yet, and the black holes we can create here on earth last for microseconds.

[1] https://phys.org/news/2016-03-closest-black-hole.html

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We can create black holes here in earth? I’d love to read more about that if you have any starting points
Looks like it is only a theoretical possibility and only if we have more than 4 dimensions.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Micro_black_hole