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Stars that vanish from the sky may be collapsing directly into black holes without going supernova first, a new study of a bizarre binary star system suggests.
The binary star system VFTS 243 could help scientists understand why some stars vanish more suddenly than others.
New research suggests some stars collapse directly into black holes without an explosion, solving the mystery of disappearing stars.
"The collapse is so complete that no explosion occurs, nothing escapes and one wouldn't see any bright supernova," said researcher Alejandro Vigna-Gómez.
Astronomers who have been studying stars have revealed in their new research why some stars just disappear from the night sky without making any explosion or emitting luminosity similar to a supernova.The findings published in the...