This vanished star may mark a ‘failed supernova’—and a newborn black hole
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/did-astronomers-just-see-a-star-blink-out-to-become-a-black-hole/
This vanished star may mark a ‘failed supernova’—and a newborn black hole
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/did-astronomers-just-see-a-star-blink-out-to-become-a-black-hole/
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Must be really hair-raising watching something so massive appear to wink out of existence
I think I might be the only person who hates black holes. That’s mass lost to us forever and something that hastens the heat death