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Last Post 3/26/2020 1:39 PM by  Christina Cohen
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3/26/2020 12:08 PM
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    Can the Sun ever become a black hole?

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    3/26/2020 1:39 PM
    No, the Sun is too small to become a black hole at the end of its life. In order to collapse and form a black hole, a star typically has to be about 20 times more massive than our Sun.
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