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gravitational collapse [‚grav·ə′tā·shən·əl kə′laps] (astronomy) The implosion of a star or other astronomical body from an initial size to a size hundreds or thousands of times smaller. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| That's a clue that, despite their low mass, they might have formed as stars do--that is, from the gravitational collapse of a gas cloud. Assuming that black holes weren't forged in the Big Bang itself, they likely arose from the gravitational collapse of the first stars in the universe. Stars arise from the gravitational collapse of cold clouds of mostly hydrogen gas. |
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