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Using the European Southern Observatory’s Very Large Telescope (VLT), astronomers have discovered the absence of an unstable massive star in a dwarf galaxy. Scientists think this could indicate that the star became less bright and partially obscured by dust. An alternative explanation is that the star collapsed into a black hole without producing a supernova. “If true,” says team leader and PhD student Andrew Allan of Trinity College Dublin, Ireland, “this would be the first direct detection of such a monster star ending its life in this manner.”

jaap wrote: Tue Jun 30, 2020 12:10 pm A star has gone missing, and they don't know what happened to it:

https://www.eso.org/public/news/eso2010/

Using the European Southern Observatory’s Very Large Telescope (VLT), astronomers have discovered the absence of an unstable massive star in a dwarf galaxy. Scientists think this could indicate that the star became less bright and partially obscured by dust. An alternative explanation is that the star collapsed into a black hole without producing a supernova. “If true,” says team leader and PhD student Andrew Allan of Trinity College Dublin, Ireland, “this would be the first direct detection of such a monster star ending its life in this manner.”

Grumble wrote: Tue Jun 30, 2020 12:40 pm

jaap wrote: Tue Jun 30, 2020 12:10 pm A star has gone missing, and they don't know what happened to it:

https://www.eso.org/public/news/eso2010/

Using the European Southern Observatory’s Very Large Telescope (VLT), astronomers have discovered the absence of an unstable massive star in a dwarf galaxy. Scientists think this could indicate that the star became less bright and partially obscured by dust. An alternative explanation is that the star collapsed into a black hole without producing a supernova. “If true,” says team leader and PhD student Andrew Allan of Trinity College Dublin, Ireland, “this would be the first direct detection of such a monster star ending its life in this manner.”

Dyson Swarm, it’s the only logical explanation

dyqik wrote: Tue Jun 30, 2020 6:57 pm

Grumble wrote: Tue Jun 30, 2020 12:40 pm Dyson Swarm, it’s the only logical explanation

It's a mighty big vacuum cleaner that can suck up a star.