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Gravitational Collapse

Gravity, the weakest force known, may be the agent for crushing matter out of existence. This could happen after a star collapses to a critical size, whereupon gravity overwhelms all other forces

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Scientific American Magazine Vol 217 Issue 5This article was originally published with the title “Gravitational Collapse” in Scientific American Magazine Vol. 217 No. 5 (), p. 88
doi:10.1038/scientificamerican1167-88