Published:
September 28, 2009
 Two x-ray images of the central region of M82. left: The region around the black hole is glowing with x-ray radiation. right: Here the region is dim, indicating that the black hole has engulfed the matter surrounding it.
Photo by NASA/SAO/CXC Therefore no, a large star could not collapse itself out of existence. |
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