Quote: "But new research claims the star would lose too much mass and wouldn't be able to form a black hole"<p>1. It's not research, it's mathematical speculation with no empirical evidence.<p>2. This theory leaves the supermassive object at the center of our galaxy unexplained:<p><a href="http://www.astro.ucla.edu/~ghezgroup/gc/pictures/orbitsMovie.shtml" rel="nofollow">http://www.astro.ucla.edu/~ghezgroup/gc/pictures/orbitsMovie...</a><p>We should all remember that scientific theories must agree with observation, and if observation contradicts theory, the theory is wrong.<p>"It doesn't matter how beautiful your theory is, it doesn't matter how smart you are. If it doesn't agree with experiment, it's wrong." -- Richard P. Feynman