Fair enough, I'll have to read up on the Pleiades Cluster, certainly sounds interesting!newjerseyrunner said:Very possible, large nebulas are often home to some monster stars. Some of which live fast and die young, leaving a black hole in their wake. I'm fairly certain that I once read that there may be several black holes in the Pleiades cluster, which is located in a nebula. The black holes wouldn't eat the nebula any more than a star would though.
Thank you!|Glitch| said:This paper may also interest you. It suggests that there may be a large black hole (100+ M⊙) at the center of the Orion Nebula Cluster.
Catch me if you can: is there a runaway-mass black hole in the Orion Nebula Cluster? - arXiv 1209.2114
A black hole is an incredibly dense region in space where the gravitational pull is so strong that nothing, including light, can escape from it. It is formed when a massive star collapses in on itself.
A nebula is a large cloud of gas and dust in outer space. It is usually the birthplace of new stars and planets.
If a black hole formed in the middle of a nebula, it would begin to pull in and compress the surrounding gas and dust. This would cause the nebula to collapse and the black hole would continue to grow as it absorbs more matter.
It is possible that the black hole would consume the entire nebula, depending on the size and density of the nebula. However, there is also a chance that the black hole would not have enough mass to completely consume the nebula and would instead create a new system with the remaining matter.
Yes, the formation of new stars in the nebula would be greatly impacted by the presence of a black hole. The gravitational pull of the black hole would disrupt the normal process of star formation, potentially preventing new stars from forming or causing them to form in different locations.