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Astronomers begin search for 'vanishing' stars

Science – Astronomers have started monitoring about a million massive stars to see if any suddenly vanish, seemingly without a trace. Such a disappearing act would support a theory that some massive stars simply implode when they die, rather than exploding in brilliant supernovae or gamma-ray bursts.

Tags: science, astronomy, black holes, astrophysics, stars

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