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ThestarN6946BH1inaspiralformation22millionlightyearsawayknown
asthe'fireworksgalaxy',waslastseenbyNasa'sHubbleTelescopein
2009.By2015,itwasn'tthereanymore.
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MonthlyNoticesoftheRoyalAstronomicalSociety.Therewasaslight
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TheHubbleTelescopeandtheSpitzerSpaceTelescopewerenotableto
detectthestarwhentheylookedwiththesamefiltersatthispatchofspace
in2015.Onetheoryforwhathappenedtoitisthatitformedablackhole
directlywithoutgoingthroughtheusualprocessofasupernovafirst.
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"Thetypicalviewisthatastarcanformablackholeonlyafteritgoes
supernova,"saidChristopherKochanekofOhioStateUniversityina FormernationalsecurityadviserZbigniew
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Althoughthiscontradictscurrenttheoriesoftheroleofsupernovasin
formingblackholes,itmaybemuchmorecommonthanastronomers
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collapsetobecomeablackholewithoutanexplosion.Astronomershave
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"N6946BH1istheonlylikelyfailedsupernovathatwefoundinthefirst
sevenyearsofoursurvey.Duringthisperiod,sixnormalsupernovaehave
occurredwithinthegalaxieswe'vebeenmonitoring,suggestingthat10to
30%ofmassivestarsdieasfailedsupernovae,"saidScottAdams,aformer
OhioStatestudent.
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