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New Model Reveals Massive Stars Could Become Black Holes

11/6/2025

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A model by Mark Gieles of the University of Barcelona, published in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, shows extremely massive stars (EMS) over 1,000 solar masses shaped clusters.
The model attributes creation of stars up to 10,000 solar masses to turbulent gas in primordial clusters.
These winds enriched the cluster gas, producing chemically distinct stars and suggesting EMS could end as intermediate-mass black holes detectable by gravitational waves.

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A model by Mark Gieles of the University of Barcelona, published in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, shows extremely massive stars (EMS) over 1,000 solar masses shaped clusters.
The model attributes creation of stars up to 10,000 solar masses to turbulent gas in primordial clusters.
These winds enriched the cluster gas, producing chemically distinct stars and suggesting EMS could end as intermediate-mass black holes detectable by gravitational waves.