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A star in the Andromeda galaxy disappeared without a bang, leaving just a cold dust cloud — that’s how invisible black holes come into being.
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In the Andromeda galaxy, a star just vanished without a flash. Telescopes spotted a dim object in a dust cloud — that's how a black hole is born when a star quietly 'exhales' its shell and collapses. A cosmic ghost.
🎯 The cloud of this stellar 'soot' would swallow the entire Solar System with room to spare: its size is hundreds of times larger than Pluto's orbit — a true invisible smog around the newborn [tag:black_hole]black hole[/tag].