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It is not likely, the nearest one is 1000s of light years away. The black hole that supposedly exists at the center of our galaxy hasn't eaten the solar system in 5 billion years, it's not likely to do so in the next 5 billion years. Especially since we live in the boondocks of the galaxy - it's outer rim. We all live in the suburbs of the Milky Way.

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