Supergiant Star Replaced by Black Hole

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supergiant star M31

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Extremely rare 'failed supernova' may have erased a star from the night sky without a trace

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M31-2014 -DS1 has a mass 20 times greater than the sun and is located 2.5 million light-years away in Andromeda galaxy.

Astronomers think it is one of the first ever examples of a type of stellar collapse known as a "failed supernova" Astronomers say 98% of the star's mass collapsed, leaving behind a black hole with 6.5 solar masses.

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