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Is there a black hole in the center of the Sun? (arxiv.org)

submitted 10 months ago by haxor@derp.foo to c/hackernews@derp.foo

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[–] sentient_loom@sh.itjust.works -5 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Then why hasn't it swallowed the entire sun?

[–] tacosanonymous@lemm.ee 4 points 10 months ago (1 children)

It’s thought provoking. Read the article.

[–] sentient_loom@sh.itjust.works -4 points 10 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] Cqrd@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 10 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.