collapsar

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

The black hole thought to form following the gravitational collapse of a massive star.

collapsar collapsars

Blend of collapse + star, patterned after quasar, pulsar. By surface analysis, collapse + -ar

stellar black hole SBH

hypernova

supercollapsar

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