Stellar black hole
A stellar black hole (or stellar-mass black hole) is a type of black hole formed by the gravitational collapse of a star.[1]
For one to be made, a star five to several tens the mass of our Sun must explode into a supernova.[2]
The process is seen as a hypernova explosion,[3] or as a gamma ray burst.[3] These black holes are also called collapsars.
Stellar Black Hole Media
- Artist’s impression of the black hole inside NGC 300 X-1 (ESO 1004a).jpg
Artist's impression of a stellar-mass black hole (left) in the spiral galaxy NGC 300; it is associated with a Wolf–Rayet star
References
- ↑ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Identifiers at line 630: attempt to index field 'known_free_doi_registrants_t' (a nil value).
- ↑ Hughes, Scott A. (2005). "Trust but verify: The case for astrophysical black holes". .
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "HubbleSite: Black Holes: Gravity's Relentless Pull interactive: Encyclopedia". hubblesite.org. Archived from the original on 13 February 2018. Retrieved 2018-02-09.
