What Prevents Stars of 4 Solar Masses from Exploding as Supernovae

question 9

Multiple Choice

What prevents stars of 4 solar masses from exploding as supernovae?

• A)Winds strip away their outer layers
• B)They become white dwarfs first
• C)They become black holes first
• D)They have such long main sequence lifetimes that this has never happened

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