Which risk increases when electron degeneracy pressure nears limits?

💡 Explanation

Star implosion increases because exceeding the Chandrasekhar limit invokes gravitational collapse. Electron degeneracy pressure fails to sustain the star's structure beyond this threshold, therefore resulting in a supernova or black hole, rather than other stellar activity.

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