Answer by Mr. Nichan for If any object could become a black hole, could any...
As others have pointed out, the reason why we don't see non-stellar neutron stars is that the pressures needed to form them are usually only found in stars. Lower pressures don't form neutron...
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A neutron star will form if you have roughly 1.4-3 solar masses of matter which is not producing enough energy to hold itself up through radiation pressure. So in principle you could assemble 2 solar...
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There can be no such thing as a "supermassive neutron star". The theoretical upper mass limit for a neutron star is somewhere between 2.2 and 3 solar masses. Any more massive and they inevitably form...
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A black hole doesn't necessarily need to form from a star; theoretically, it could form from any extremely dense object. In fact, many astronomers differentiate certain black holes, like supermassive...
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