Haze of Glory
New research could finally unravel this mystery.
Led by astronomers at the University of Copenhagen, a study published in the journal Physical Review Letters suggests that the incredible mass of these stars is causing them to directly collapse into a black hole, where any evidence of their demise would be instantly swallowed.
"Were one to stand gazing up at a visible star going through a total collapse, it might, just at the right time, be like watching a star suddenly extinguish and disappear from the heavens," said study co-author Alejandro Vigna-Gómez at the Niels Bohr Institute in a statement about the work. "The collapse is so complete that no explosion occurs, nothing escapes, and one wouldn't see any bright supernova in the night sky."
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