When a star like our Sun dies, it'll end up as a white dwarf. And if a star contains 1.4 times the mass of the Sun, it'll have enough gravity to turn into a neutron star. Much bigger stars turn into black holes. But now it turns out, neutron stars can be much more massive than astronomers previously believed - and making black holes might be much more difficult.
Sunday, January 13, 2008
Super Neutron Star May Be Possible: Thanks Universe Today
When a star like our Sun dies, it'll end up as a white dwarf. And if a star contains 1.4 times the mass of the Sun, it'll have enough gravity to turn into a neutron star. Much bigger stars turn into black holes. But now it turns out, neutron stars can be much more massive than astronomers previously believed - and making black holes might be much more difficult.
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