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Originally posted by CookieRevised
Since the singularity has a mass it can be considered an object; a quantum mechanical object.
No, it has infinte mass - beyond an object. Even the laws of quantum mechanics break down.
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Originally posted by CookieRevised
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Originally posted by Time
They showed that when a sufficiently massive star runs out of fuel, it is unable to support itself against its own gravitational pull, and it should collapse into a black hole.
Yes and no.
Hence, "sufficiently massive". The limit above which they do is called the Oppenheimer-Volkoff limit.
