‘They are among the true monsters of space - colossal stars whose size and brightness go well beyond what many scientists thought was even possible.
One of the objects, known simply as R136a1, is the most massive ever found. The star is seen to have a mass about 265 times that of our own Sun; 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.
The stars were identified by Crowther's team using a combination of new observations on the Very Large Telescope facility in Chile and data gathered previously with the Hubble Space Telescope.’
- Science and Environment Department, BBC News
The ‘Monster Star’, R136a1, whose mass is estimated to be 265 times larger than the Sun, has been recognized by the Representative of His Sublime Eminence Ra Riaz Gohar Shahi, HH Younus AlGohar, to bear the image of H.S.E Ra Riaz Gohar Shahi.
This miraculous image is surely a Divine Sign and a clear indicator of H.S.E Ra Riaz Gohar Shahi’s rank.
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Images: 'Monster Star' ©BBC News (top); Comparison between H.S.E Ra Riaz Gohar Shahi's image and R136a1 (image of R136a1 ©BBC News) (middle).
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