Posts Tagged ‘supermassive stars’
Nest of massive stars named ‘Dragonfish’
U. TORONTO (CAN) — The most numerous batch of young, supermassive stars yet observed in our galaxy includes several hundreds of “blue stars,” which are dozens of times heavier than our sun. Continue…
Friday, December 2, 2011 13:13 - 0 Comments
Science & Technology - Oct 19, 2011 10:58 - 0 Comments
Did massive stars blow away cosmic fog?
U. MICHIGAN (US) — High-energy light from massive stars may have cleared the dense fog that existed between galaxies in the early universe, new research suggests. (more…)
Science & Technology - Oct 3, 2011 10:30 - 0 Comments
Super rare ‘monster’ star discovered
U. LEEDS (UK) — Astrophysicists have identified one of our galaxy’s largest and rarest stars, a yellow hypergiant, caught in its final throes. (more…)
Science & Technology - Dec 22, 2010 18:09 - 0 Comments
Doesn’t take a village to make a star
U. MICHIGAN (US) — The most massive stars in the universe are able to form essentially anywhere, even in isolation, without the benefit of a large stellar cluster nursery. (more…)
Science & Technology - Oct 21, 2010 12:49 - 0 Comments
This star’s big but not so bright
NORTHWESTERN (US) — In a galaxy far away, an exceptionally massive black hole is traveling around a massive star in an unusually tight orbit. Also odd, the star is not as bright as it should be. (more…)
Science & Technology - Jul 22, 2010 10:44 - 1 Comment
Supermassive stars found in nearby galaxy
U. SHEFFIELD (UK)—Astronomers have identified two young star clusters that weigh up to 300 times the mass of the Sun—a figure that doubles the previously accepted limit of solar mass. (more…)
Science & Technology - Nov 24, 2009 17:29 - 4 Comments
Massive cocoons cradled earliest black holes
COLORADO (US)—The first large black holes in the universe likely formed and grew deep inside gigantic, starlike cocoons that smothered their powerful x-ray radiation and prevented surrounding gases from being blown away. (more…)
