Article: BLACK HOLES CAN FORM FROM VANISHING STARS


United Press International
04-24-2003
Black holes can form from vanishing stars

RENNES, France, Apr 24, 2003 (United Press International via COMTEX) -- Instead of forming amidst the gigantic explosions that momentarily can outshine entire galaxies, new findings suggest black holes also can form lurking in the dark, scientists reported Thursday.

The investigators said such a murky origin for these cosmic monsters could help explain why many gamma ray bursts -- the invisible but most powerful eruptions of energy since the Big Bang -- seem to emerge from darkness.

"Research on black holes is a way to explore the limits of the observable universe," astrophysicist Felix Mirabel, of the National ...

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