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Stellar black hole
Black hole formed by a collapsed star / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Not to be confused with black hole star.
A stellar black hole (or stellar-mass black hole) is a black hole formed by the gravitational collapse of a star.[1] They have masses ranging from about 5 to several tens of solar masses.[2] They are the remnants of supernova explosions, which may be observed as a type of gamma ray burst. These black holes are also referred to as collapsars.
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