Boffins baffled as supergiant star just vanishes – either it partially blew itself apart or quietly turned into a black hole
They believe there are two possible explanations behind the star’s disappearance. The boring answer is that, well, it has simply transformed into a dimmer star due to matter loss that’s causing it to be obscured by dust. Or, perhaps, the giant star has collapsed into a black hole without go supernova first, which sounds fantastic but isn’t unknown.
