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    In "Massive Fail," Dying Star Reborn as Black Hole

    N6946-BH1 has left the universe.
    by Jessica Wapner Jun 30, 2017 1 minute
    A composite image of the Fireworks Galaxy. Astronomers believed collapsing stars always had a supernova phase, until they noticed that N6946-BH1 had slipped from their view.
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    A massive, dying star that astronomers thought would explode has instead quietly collapsed into a black hole. The event, which NASA calls a “massive fail,” could be a more common pattern for giant stars than astronomers previously suspected.

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