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New calculations show how a collapsing star might form a gravastar, avoiding a black hole’s singularity and event horizon.
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Frankfurt, Germany
Who
Daniel Jampolski and Luciano Rezzolla from Goethe University Frankfurt
What
New calculations show how a collapsing star might form a gravastar, avoiding a black hole’s singularity and event horizon.
When
Sat, 13 Jun 2026 23:07:00 GMT · 5h 21m ago
Where
Frankfurt, Germany ·
Why
The new model provides a mathematical route within Einstein’s general relativity for a collapsing star to avoid becoming a black hole, due to the birth of an expanding de Sitter bubble filled with dark energy-like vacuum energy inside the star.
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This theoretical advancement offers a framework for exploring alternatives to black holes, challenging the traditional view of stellar collapse and opening new avenues for understanding extreme gravity.
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- Health & Science5h 21m agoDaniel Jampolski and Luciano Rezzolla from Goethe University Frankfurt have found a mathematical route for a collapsing star to form a gravastar instead of a black hole.Open article
- Health & Science5h 21m agoDaniel Jampolski and Luciano Rezzolla from Goethe University Frankfurt have found a mathematical route showing how a collapsing star might form a gravastar.Open article
- Health & Science5h 21m agoNew calculations show how a collapsing star might form a gravastar, avoiding a black hole’s singularity and event horizon.Open article
- Health & Science5h 21m agoDaniel Jampolski and Luciano Rezzolla from Goethe University Frankfurt have found a mathematical route showing how a collapsing star might form a gravastar, avoiding a black hole’s singularity and event horizon.Open article
- Health & Science5h 21m agoDaniel Jampolski and Luciano Rezzolla from Goethe University Frankfurt have found a mathematical route showing how a collapsing star might form a gravastar.Open article
- Health & Science5h 21m agoNew calculations show how a collapsing star might form a gravastar, avoiding a black hole’s singularity and event horizon.Open article