>>12490071The momentum leaves with the shed mass, or the shed mass won't escape.
>>12490099One would presume some sort of nova event. If sufficient mass remains, perhaps. Depends on the remaining molecular structure, which is likely to be extremely heavy elements. Fission star?
>>12490203A black hole is unlikely to be a 'hole' in space-time. That explanation was so you could grasp its isolation from the universe. If a black hole evaporates, is there a hole where the black hole was?
>>12490231contraction + angular momentum = ?