| Subject: Re: A colossal star with a mass around 265 times that of our Sun. |
| From: Brad Guth |
| Date: 25/07/2010, 17:26 |
| Newsgroups: alt.alien.research,alt.alien.visitors,alt.astronomy,alt.ufo.reports,alt.paranet.ufo |
On Jul 21, 11:39 pm, Sir Gilligan Horry <G...@ga7rm5er.com> wrote:
"A colossal star with a mass around 265 times that of our Sun has been
detected some 22,000 light years away. Known as R136a1."
http://www.coasttocoastam.com/article/monster-star
Nice photo archives here too...
http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/archivepix.html
"Astronomy Picture of the Day Archive".
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That's about ten fold bigger mass than the original Betelgeuse of 27+
Ms.
So why has this super-massive star survived for so long without having
gone through all the usual main sequences of becoming a massive white
dwarf before turning unto an impressive neutron star?
I mean, how screwed up is astrophysics?
~ BG