Astronomers discovered the existence believe that the largest star in another galaxy located near the ground galaxy, named it the "R 136 - 1" and said that its mass is greater than the mass of the sun more than 265 times.
The British newspaper The Guardian that the star finder and located in a region in space called the "Nebula Trantola" or spider nebular cloud, perhaps the largest until the moment at all, while scientists say it's more glamorous glow of the sun millions of times.
The scientists who have raised new discovery surprise think that it is impossible the existence of a star bigger mass mass of the sun 150 times - a reference to the star giant known as "Ace. That 2006 AG. Wye" that exploded in May / May 2007), but they mentioned that the mass of the star new at the beginning of its inception, more than a million years ago was a weakness of the current mass.
In light of the great dimension of the star and is estimated at about 165 thousand light-years away, scientists says that no one can view it except by using powerful telescopes in the southern part of the globe.
NASA image of the giant star Eta Carina
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The scientists saying goes that if the amount of the new star called "R 136 - 1" to replace the sun in our solar system is known, it may withdraw its appeal planet at him so shrink "ground-year" (365 days) to nearly three weeks.
And use the team of researchers, led by astronomer Paul Crowther of the University of Sheffield British telescope very large in the desert Otaa northern Chile and archival material from the Hubble Space Telescope to study two groups of stars called "that. G. C. 3603" and "RSS. Mother. C-136 no."
He says a researcher at the University of British Kelly Rafael Hershey that if the new star replaced the sun flooding the land UV and make life impossible.
The newspaper pointed out that scientists have discovered some giant stars that are larger than the size of the sun dozens of times, and beyond Ziaaha and luster with millions of times the sun.
She also noted that while the stars remain the lightest - like the sun - for a long time and quiet, some massive stars are rare in the first place and have an intense presence and temporarily before they explode updated and glamorous glow and Zia great.
And exceeds the new star giant stars discovered earlier - such as Eta Carina, Bristol - in terms of the cluster size and the amount of glare and brightness, as estimated on its surface temperature of more than forty thousand degrees Celsius, higher than seven times the sun's heat.
