Researchers have identified 100 mysteriously disappeared stars in the night sky

Re:Researchers have identified 100 mysteriously disappeared ... by ncmncm on Tuesday December 24, 2019 @02:10AM (#21870425)

"Such a star would have to be at least 1,000 solar masses..."

Although, it doesn't really make sense. Like a puncture in the wall of a pressure vessel, the pressure at the event horizon would be zero. It is hard to see how an accretion disc could form in pure plasma at such density. The fluid dynamics of plasma under such conditions is entirely intractable, so it is also hard to believe in any claimed solution.

But temporarily multiplying the output of a star might work just as well to eliminate a pesky alien infestation.

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Re:Researchers have identified 100 mysteriously disappeared ... by ncmncm on Tuesday December 24, 2019 @05:41PM (#21875426)

Reading the paper, it appears they treat the plasma as a gas, relying on acoustic pressure interactions that don't happen in a plasma.

If I understood correctly, and that is conventional practice in calculations about black hole accretion discs, there is a great deal of nonsense published on the topic.

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