The head of Taurus is a collection of bright stars 153 lightyears away, which cluster we call Hyades. The stars here were formed 650 million years ago - we're seeing the leftovers, after the heaviest and brightest stars went supernova. If they were big enough, they should have formed black holes.
Based on some maths, Stefano Torniamenti's team calculate they are still there. Or at least were there until recently; some may have been ejected by the other bodies' gravity. But they'll still be in the 153 lightyear average.
Getting uncomfortably close!
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