Supernova Fail: Giant Dying Star Collapses Straight into Black HoleBy Elizabeth HowellIt appears the
Supernova Fail: Giant Dying Star Collapses Straight into Black HoleBy Elizabeth HowellIt appears the path to becoming a black hole is more complex than astronomers thought. Rather than exploding into a supernova before collapsing into a black hole, as expected, one giant star skipped the pyrotechnics and went straight to the collapse. This so-called “massive fail,” spotted in a nearby galaxy, could explain why so few massive stars have been observed going supernova, researchers conducting a new study explained. As many as 30 percent of these massive stars may instead quietly collapse into a black hole.Continue Reading -- source link
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