Gravitational collapse is the contraction of an astronomical object due to the influence of its own gravity, which tends to draw matter inward toward the...

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the universe did not collapse into a black hole, because currently-known calculations and density limits for gravitational collapse are usually based upon...

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inevitably suffers gravitational collapse of the same sort as the end state of a contracting Friedmann universe. The time required for the collapse of the interior...

infinity or to an observer comoving with the collapsing cloud, and in the past terminates at the gravitational singularity, then that singularity is referred...

apparent horizon should be used instead of an event horizon, saying, "Gravitational collapse produces apparent horizons but no event horizons." He eventually...

region does not exist for black holes that have formed through gravitational collapse, however, nor are there any observed physical processes through...

eye—all within the Milky Way galaxy. A star's life begins with the gravitational collapse of a gaseous nebula of material largely comprising hydrogen, helium...

of subatomic matter may have been tightly packed to the point of gravitational collapse, creating primordial black holes without the supernova compression...