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That's not a star - THIS is a STAR!

http://www.theage.com.au/world/giant-star-takes-scientists-by-surprise-20100722-10n0d.html?autostart=1

ASTRONOMERS say they have discovered the most colossal star on record, in a region of space known as the Tarantula nebula in a neighbouring galaxy to our own.

The record-breaking star weighs 265 times as much as the sun and is millions of times brighter, they said.

The discovery has astonished scientists who thought it was impossible for stars to exceed more than 150 times the mass of the sun.


http://images.theage.com.au/2010/07/22/1709639/Tarantula-420x0.jpg

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