Black hole mystery by magnetic star discovery
source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-11011118
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The magnetar (magnetic star) is a rare discovery for astronomers and when studying the one located in the Westerlund 1 cluster they found issues with its mass and how black holes are formed.
"For this newly discovered magnetar, astronomers calculated that the mass of the progenitor must have been at least 40 times greater than that of our Sun.
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Collapsing stars of this size should form a black hole. The fact that this one resulted in a neutron star, challenges established theory."-BBC
"For this newly discovered magnetar, astronomers calculated that the mass of the progenitor must have been at least 40 times greater than that of our Sun.
Continue reading the main story
Collapsing stars of this size should form a black hole. The fact that this one resulted in a neutron star, challenges established theory."-BBC
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