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Scientists Capture the Clearest View Yet of a Star Collapsing Into a Black Hole (news.columbia.edu)
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[–] LodeMike@lemmy.today 5 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Otherwise known as your mother /s

[–] 69420@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Uranus is a massive black hole.

[–] ThanksObama@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 days ago

I was under the impression it was a brown dwarf.

[–] Treczoks@lemmy.world 4 points 3 days ago

They said it took the star three years of getting more and more intense in the infrared, and then it vanished. What they didn't say was how long that collapse took. Was it months? Weeks? Days? Hours? Or even faster?