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It's really hard to tell for an individual star whether it will become a black hole. That depends on the mass of the star that remains after it runs out of fuel. Please note that in a supernova explosion, a large portion of a star's mass can be blown off into space. However, in general it is the most massive stars that are most likely to become black holes. Moreover, a supergiant star is not only very massive, but it is also likely to run out of fuel in the near future - meaning, in the next few million years - and therefore collapse (perhaps into a black hole, perhaps into a neutron star).

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