Giant Star Discovered: Astronomers call it "Monster Star"

A team of UK scientists led by Professor Paul Crowther has discovered the universe's biggest star ever. They call it "monster star."

A giant star has been discovered by astronomers that claim it to be the biggest star ever. The team of UK scientists led by Professor Paul Crowther say that the newly discovered star is 320 times the size of the sun. They have also said that the monster star is around 10 million times brighter than the Sun. (Sky News).

The team discovered the star through the European Southern Observatory's very large telescope and NASA's Hubble Space Telescope. They were involved in a study of two star clusters present in a galaxy close to the solar system, when they came across this very huge star.
The Giant Star that Breaks Records: RMC 136a

The star was found deep inside the Tarantula Nebula in the large Magellanic Cloud. They actually discovered two young star clusters -- one was detected within the range of NGC 3603 region that is 22,000 light years away in Southern Hemisphere skies and another one is the RMC 136a that is now known to be the biggest star ever. (Sky News).

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[fffan2003]

@MJPKENT This vid is not about the biggest star, but the most massive known star. VY Canis majoris is still the largest known star.

[Zanmatt2g]

well it's the tarantula nebula, no shit its gonna have monsters in it.

[saremaganti]

Mass is what they're looking at, folks. Not 'size'.

Size = VY Canis wins hands down as it makes our Sun look like a pixel in comparison

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Mass = RMC 136a wins hands down. VY has like 30-40 mass where RMC has about 320. So it's like..... wayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy heavier, condensed. And close to Earth. Which means when she blows, we're screwed.

[NingyoAijin]

My A-Level Physics teacher is called Paul Crowther. Not the same person, but a funny little coincidence :3

[XxSpaCeUnIcOrNxX]

@illicious2 nonononononononononononoo NOOOOOOOOOO vy canis majoris is its own dwarf galaxy and is colling with our galaxy right now. in another 4billion years we will collide with the andromeda galaxy too

[illicious2]

@XxSpaCeUnIcOrNxX our galaxy is the milky way, VY Canis Majoris in the Canis Major constellation.

[bravoangle]

@ShadowDemon1779 More like 4 to 5 million times greater mass.

[bravoangle]

@ShadowDemon1779 I DOUBT THAT VERY MUCH!

[bravoangle]

No this star is much bigger than VY Canis majoris!

[XxSpaCeUnIcOrNxX]

Vy canis majorsis is the biggest star in our galaxy guys.....

[yondiame50000]

do you know Vy Canis Mayoris? We can't even see the sun if we want to see the massive Vy.

[re5owns678]

@ShadowDemon1779 sun = 1.4m kilometers vy canis majoris = 3 billion kilometers