Reply to post: Re: Pair Instability

Astroboffins have spied the largest star that has gone supernova and it's breaking all the rules

eldakka

Re: Pair Instability

There is going to be a black hole behind the expanding wavefront we're seeing now.

A Pair Instability Supernova is a supernova that doesn't leave behind a black hole or neutron star. The supernova is so violent that it obliterates the core before it can collapse into a black hole, therefore there is nothing left from which a black hole can be formed. Therefore if this is a pair instability supernova, there will not be a black hole.

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