Simulations reveal an unusual death for ancient stars
Monday, September 29, 2014 - 07:50
in Astronomy & Space
(Phys.org) —Certain primordial stars—those 55,000 and 56,000 times the mass of our Sun, or solar masses—may have died unusually. In death, these objects—among the Universe's first-generation of stars—would have exploded as supernovae and burned completely, leaving no remnant black hole behind.