Simulations reveal an unusual death for ancient stars
Monday, September 29, 2014 - 09:51
in Astronomy & Space
Certain primordial stars -- between 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.