Juan Carlos Muñoz on Nostr: 2/ Stellar black holes are usually 10, maybe 20 times more massive than the Sun. More ...
2/ Stellar black holes are usually 10, maybe 20 times more massive than the Sun. More massive ones had been found in other galaxies with a different method (gravitational waves) but explaining how they form is tricky.
Massive stars lose a lot of material throughout their lifetime due to powerful stellar winds, so it's not easy to leave behind a large enough remnant.
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