<p>This diagram from the Wikipedia article on supernovas mostly answers your question I think.
<img src="https://i.sstatic.net/3NQzZ.png" alt="supernova diagram" />
There is in fact an interval that is expected to not produce a remnant, but it is not at the lower end of the mass range, interestingly. Instead it's a result of the particular mechanism that triggers the supernova for these heavy stars, which blows the core apart entirely.</p>

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Kristoffer Sjöö
<p>From what I understand, stars that explode as a supernova at the end of their lives become either a black hole or a neutron star, and less massive stars that do not explode become white dwarves, but...</p>
<p>Do those two mass limits overlap exactly?</p>

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Can a star be massive enough to go 'supernova' yet not be massive enough to leave behind a neutron star? Or, perhaps vice versa?
Kurt Hikes
# Can a star be massive enough to go 'supernova' yet not be massive enough to leave behind a neutron star? Or, perhaps vice versa?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2021-02-24)

From what I understand, stars that explode as a supernova at the end of their lives become either a black hole or a neutron star, and less massive stars that do not explode become white dwarves, but...

Do those two mass limits overlap exactly?

**Tags:** observational-astronomy, supernova, neutron-star, main-sequence, theories


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### Answer by username_1 on 2021-02-24. Score: 2

This diagram from the Wikipedia article on supernovas mostly answers your question I think.
![supernova diagram](https://i.sstatic.net/3NQzZ.png)
There is in fact an interval that is expected to not produce a remnant, but it is not at the lower end of the mass range, interestingly. Instead it's a result of the particular mechanism that triggers the supernova for these heavy stars, which blows the core apart entirely.


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