A Cosmic Mystery: ESO Telescope Captures the Disappearance of a Massive Star

[multiweb (Marc)]

https://eso.us2.list-manage.com/trac...9&e=c19b735b58

[gary]

That's a pretty neat party trick ...

[multiweb (Marc)]

Originally Posted by gary

That's a pretty neat party trick ...

That'd be a first if that massive star collapsed straight into a black hole without going nova first.

[Gary47 (Gary)]

Pandora's Star by Peter F Hamilton. Same start premise. The Moties are coming!

[blindman]

When you click to the link, I guess one would expect something to see, not some silly animation, artist impression or photo of telescope.
Must be faulty optics, or star never existed. Black holes were invented in shortage to explain some theories.