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Is there a black hole in the center of the Sun? (arxiv.org)
submitted 11 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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[–] [email protected] -5 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Then why hasn't it swallowed the entire sun?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 11 months ago (1 children)

It’s thought provoking. Read the article.

[–] [email protected] -4 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Does it explain how a black hole would not swallow the sun?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 11 months ago

The article's first two lines are literally

There is probably not a black hole in the center of the sun. Despite this detail, our goal in this work to convince the reader that this question is interesting and that work studying stars with central black holes is well motivated.