Could the Sun Ever Become a Black Hole?

💡 The Answer

• No, the Sun is too small to collapse into a black hole under its own gravity.
• A star needs at least about 20 solar masses to form a black hole after a supernova.
• Instead, the Sun will end its life as a white dwarf, cooling over billions of years.
• To become a black hole, the Sun would need to be compressed to a radius of 3 kilometers.
• Even if compressed artificially, it would lack the mass to create an event horizon.