Do supernovae cause black holes?

Question

I can't recall.

Answer 1

I don't think anyone has yet given the correct answer.

A supernova is a dying stage for stars that are massive enough to cause one. The sun will never go supernova and never produce a black hole, it (like most stars) simply isn't big enough.

If a star is very massive however it can undergo a supernova as it dies, the remnants of a supernova will be one of 2 things (again depending on mass):

1) If it is not absolutley huge, it will form a neutron star (or pulsar) and happily sit there as a very small, very hot, very fast spinning white blob of neutrons.

2) If it is (or was) a genuinley hugely giant star, it will form a neutron star, then the neutrons will collapse in on themselves and form a black hole

It's all about the the original mass of the star.

Answer 2

A "supernova" is a stage in the death of a star. The death of stars always ends with the creation of a black hole.

Although all the mass collapses in on itself creating a black hole, the ammount of mass determines the "massiveness" of the black hole.

Answer 3

A black hole is considered a "dark matter" object. You cannot see it because it is dark; using a telescope to look directly at the black hole, even if you knew exactly where to look, would not allow you to see anything. Observing its effects is the only way to know that a black hole exists nearby.

Answer 4

If the supernova has a very high mass explosion

Answer 5

If a black hole could exist it would be the result of debris left over from a super nova explosion.

Answer 6

i dont know all that star stuff is theory what can we really know ; i want to say that a black hole is one of the supposed outcomes aflter the death of a star.

Answer 7

some of them do
i dont recall either

Answer 8

yes

Answer 9

depends if high mass was involved

Answer 10

they come from flushing the toilet.