trunktunk OP t1_iuf6hkt wrote on October 30, 2022 at 9:27 PM

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Oh I thought it was natural that when stars die after the white dwarf stage they turn to black holes

[deleted] t1_iuf8wng wrote on October 30, 2022 at 9:44 PM

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Ill_Sky4073 t1_iugxw9h wrote on October 31, 2022 at 6:42 AM

When a white dwarf eventually burns out, it will turn into a black dwarf- basically a cinder in space. But the universe is too young for this to have happened yet. Black holes are the result of massive stars collapsing under the pressure of their own gravity once they can no longer resist it through the power of their fusion reactions.