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My understanding is that we're not totally certain if all black holes form from stellar mass black holes. There is a theory that black holes can form from dire
by cipherzero 6y ago
My understanding is that we're not totally certain if all black holes form from stellar mass black holes.
There is a theory that black holes can form from direct collapse. In this case, as I understand it, it can skip the star phase and just collapse straight into a black hole.... but I really am not an expert.
You can find more here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Direct_collapse_black_hole https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Direct_collapse_black_hole
And I HIGHLY recommend the PBS NOVA episode "Black Hole Apocalypse" (Jan 10, 2018, Season 45 Episode 1). It was on Netflix for a while (and may still be.)
Edit: here is the full episode on PBS (thank you NOVA!!!)
https://www.pbs.org/video/black-hole-apocalypse-yj34qi/ https://www.pbs.org/video/black-hole-apocalypse-yj34qi/