Comment Re:More info for the non-physics folk... (Score 3, Informative) 354
You're wrong in two points:
a) Turning into a black hole is determined by
mass/radius ratio. You could even turn out sun
into a black hole by "somehow" ( :-) ) pushing
its radius below the Schwarzschild radius.
b) "it heats up and begins nuclear fission."
-> You mean "fusion", as fusion needs heated-up
gas (plasma) to start. Fission is what happens
in nuclear power plants ;-)
a) Turning into a black hole is determined by
mass/radius ratio. You could even turn out sun
into a black hole by "somehow" (
its radius below the Schwarzschild radius.
b) "it heats up and begins nuclear fission."
-> You mean "fusion", as fusion needs heated-up
gas (plasma) to start. Fission is what happens
in nuclear power plants