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Old 22-04-2008, 04:53 PM
Ian Robinson
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Originally Posted by Kokatha man View Post
NASA's latest report is of a "mini black hole" with less than a quarter the mass of our sun, and "about the size of a large city."

J1650 is "really pushing the limits" according to spokesperson Nikolai Shaposhnikov: perhaps IIS members' reports of "micro black holes" in their offsprings' bedrooms are now more credible?!?
If a star with less than 1/4 the sun's mass can become a blackhole , then something is seriously wrong with our understanding of the mechanisms required for solar mass and subsolar mass blackholes to form.

Gravitationally , I thought , based on my readings over the years that the star of "simlar" mass as the sun could not become a blackhole , a neutron star maybe. Radiation pressure and subnuclear forces become important in counteracting the formation of a blackhole.

Perhaps mini (-subsolar mass) blackholes are fossil blackholes (that once were much more massive) left over from universe before our's ?
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