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Understanding the Universe: An Introduction to Astronomy, 2nd Edition

Summary

If a neutron star exceeds two to three solar masses, it becomes unstable and collapses. The resulting object is called a black hole—a region of such extreme space-time curvature that nothing, not even light, can escape.