It will
likely explode as a supernova within 10,000 years, or maybe sooner.
Not exact matches
These are black holes that are a few to a few dozen times the mass of our sun that were
likely formed by the death of very massive stars after they'd run out of fuel and
exploded as supernovas billions of years ago.
If the white dwarf accretes enough material to reach the Chandrasekhar limit, the maximum mass of a stable white dwarf star (1.4 solar mass), it will
likely explode as a Type Ia
supernova.