Astronomers Detect Black Holes Too Small to Form From Supernovae
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Adam McMaster
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Summary
This article discusses the discovery of black hole candidates with masses that fall in the "mass gap" — a range of masses thought to be too low to result from standard supernova core collapse. It explores the puzzle of how these unexpectedly small black holes could have formed, challenging existing astrophysical models of stellar evolution and black hole formation.
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But did you know in recent years astronomers have found candidate stellar-mass black holes which are unlikely to have formed that way?
These are black hole candidates whose masses may fall in the mass gap, a range of masses thought to be too low to result from a supernova explosion.
Astronomers are detecting black holes that are too small to have formed in supernovae.
