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Robert Lea

Very massive stars vomit vast amounts of matter before collapsing into black holes

An illustration of a very massive star ejecting vast amounts of matter into space.

Very massive stars that collapse to create black holes may vomit out much more material during their short lives than we previously thought.

To fit with astronomical observations of these stars, which have masses over 100 times that of the sun, a team of scientists has estimated that very massive stars must have stellar winds far more powerful than has been estimated in the past. These winds should be powerful enough to blow the outer layers of these monstrous stars into space.

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