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Since the radius of a black hole is directly proportional to the mass it contains, one can safely say a massive star can make a black hole big; the more massive the star, the larger the black hole. Note that, depending on composition and some other factors, a heavy star may or may not blow out much of its mass in a spectacular explosion (supernova) and the small remnant it leaves behind may or may not be a black hole - it could potentially become a pulsar or neutron star instead. Black holes may also be companions to massive stars, and their size governed by how much mass they accumulate - since the star may supply the black hole with a fairly continuous stream of matter captured by gravitational effects from the companion star and thus the black hole continues to grow in size.

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What do you call a dead star caves in itself due to its very big mass?

When a dead star collapses in on itself due to its massive weight, it forms a black hole. A black hole is a region in space where the gravitational pull is so strong that nothing, not even light, can escape from it.


What is bigbang and black hole?

Big Bang: When space started. Gas, dust and rock particles explode from it and eventually forms celestial bodies. Black Hole: When a star dies or loses its brightness, develops into a dead star or a black hole.


What happen if a quark star accidentally collide with a black hole?

If a quark star were to collide with a black hole, several outcomes are possible depending on the mass and velocity of the objects. Potential scenarios include the quark star being devoured by the black hole, leading to an increase in the black hole's mass, or a violent event such as the emission of gravitational waves and high-energy particles. These collisions are complex phenomena that are still being studied by scientists.


What if a black hole swallowed the earth?

A black hole is basically an imploded star's remnants that DO NOT turn into a nebula or space dust of some type. However, for a "dead" star to become a black hole it must be very big and have tons of mass. The Sun doesn't have that size requirement, therefore cannot be a black hole theoretically.


Black holes refer to?

black holes come from dead stars like our sun it may turn into one when they die they become really big then explode and some become into a black hole if not it becomes into a black or white dwarf

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Is the big black hole the sun?

No. The Sun is a star - as you can see if you look out of the window.


Were did a black hole come from?

Black holes came from old big stars that went supernova as it dies. Supernova causes the star to collapse into a black hole


Will the big bang make a black hole?

no black holes are stars


How can a center of a collapsed star form a black hole?

When the star stops producing energy, there is no more radiation pressure to offset the gravitation. In this case (if the remaining mass of the star is big enough), it will collapse to a black hole.


How can the center of a collapsed star form of black hole?

When the star stops producing energy, there is no more radiation pressure to offset the gravitation. In this case (if the remaining mass of the star is big enough), it will collapse to a black hole.


What happens when a star is too small to be a black hole but too big to be a neutron star?

There's no mass range that's between "collapses into a neutron star or pulsar" and "collapses into a black hole". It'll be one or the other.


What is a collapsed star with stromg gravitational pull?

Depending on how big the star was, it could be a white dwarf, a neutron star, or a black hole.


Could you cover the black hole?

i doubt it because it sucks in everything and it covers light. it could suck in the sun with ease. it itself is a star that has blown up. the star has to be realy big to become a black hole


Something short about how the black hole was made?

When a star looses all of its fuel it implodes then explodes in the blink of an eye and if the star is big enough upon imploding it literally rips its self apart and thus a black hole.


What do you call a dead star caves in itself due to its very big mass?

When a dead star collapses in on itself due to its massive weight, it forms a black hole. A black hole is a region in space where the gravitational pull is so strong that nothing, not even light, can escape from it.


What is bigbang and black hole?

Big Bang: When space started. Gas, dust and rock particles explode from it and eventually forms celestial bodies. Black Hole: When a star dies or loses its brightness, develops into a dead star or a black hole.


Why it is impossible for the sun to turn into a black hole?

Simply put, it isn't big enough. A star must have a certain mass to become a black hole after its "death", and the Sun doesn't have enough. Our "Sun" is not big enough, only stars that are a lot bigger will explode and become a black hole.