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LESSON 1 · Black Holes: Where Physics Breaks

PAUSE TO THINK

Smallest possible black hole from a star?

About 3 solar masses

A collapsing core only becomes a black hole once it passes the Tolman-Oppenheimer-Volkoff limit, around 2 to 3 solar masses. Below that, neutron degeneracy pressure holds it up and you get a neutron star instead.

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