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The article mentioned, "Mersini-Houghton shows that by giving off this radiation, the star also sheds mass. So much so that as it shrinks it no longer has the density to become a black hole."

If anyone else wondered how the radiation of massless particles could result in the reduction of mass, I've found a resource with simple explanations for a layperson like myself. https://www.physicsforums.com/threads/mass-lost-by-the-sun-b...