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by troels 5495 days ago
Ah .. And normally (If that is a word which makes sense in this context), the mass of a giant object (Like a star) would be the way to create this pressure? But theoretically you could do it by other means?
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You essentially need to cram a lot of mass into a very small space, which is equivalent to cramming a lot of energy into a very small space.

So, theoretically, you can get a bunch of very, very large lasers, focus them all upon a very small point, and if you pump enough energy into the system you wind up with a black hole.