Thread: Biiggest Star of the Universe ( Monster Star ) found.

The star is seen to have a mass about 265 times that of our own Sun;

Zooming in on the most massive stars ever found.

Star R136a1 (far right) is in a dense cluster of stars 165,000 light years from earth

They are among the true monsters of space -

colossal stars whose size and brightness go well beyond what many scientists thought was even possible.

"Planets take longer to form than these stars take to live and die?

One of the objects, known simply as R136a1, is the most massive ever found.

but the latest modelling work suggests at birth it could have been bigger, still.

Perhaps as much as 320 times that of the Sun, says Professor Paul Crowther from

Sheffield University, UK.

"If it replaced the Sun in our Solar System, it would outshine [it] by as much as the Sun currently

outshines the full Moon," the astronomer told BBC News.

How big is big? Star comparisons



CBBC - Newsround - Astronomers dazzled by giant star

Bigger than VY Canis Majoris ??? By looking at the picture, it didn´t appears so.

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dv6OtEnIAQk"]YouTube - Star Size Comparison HD[/ame]

R136a1 contains more mass than VY Canis Majoris, but the latter has a larger solar radius. Remember, Solar Radius and Solar Mass are not the same thing. For the layman; R136a1 is heavier, but Canis Majoris is larger.

I'm just hope the star doesn't pull our solar system closer to him because it's gonna really hot and you know. :(

Hm I thought there was still speculation of whether it was a huge star or a very closely clustered group of stars.... Still, this is very interesting I love this kind of stuff :D

wow..nice presenation termi...

"If it replaced the Sun in our Solar System, it would outshine [it] by as much as the Sun currently

This info is really interesting.however i didnt knew about this..gonna google it now..for more.

Yay for a Gamma-ray Burst.
Yay for annihilation of the Earth.

Bah, youtube videos like that make me depressed to acknowledge I probably won't live that long to find out more about the galaxy. :P

wow thanks for posting this
the universe always fascinates me