Gigantic Star 150 Times Sun Found in Adjacent Galaxy
A super massive, isolated star has been discovered in the Large Magellanic Cloud, adjacent to the Milky Way. The star, VFTS 682, is one of the more massive stars ever known --about 150 times the mass of the Sun. Astronomers are baffled how such a massive star could form in its current isolated position. VFTS 682 is an exciting object that challenges theories of massive star formation.
The international team of astronomers who are publishing this discovery is involved in a large survey of the Tarantula Nebula in the LMC --a well-known stellar nursery. Their survey, carried out with the FLAMES instrument at the ESO/VLT, is meant to study massive stars there.
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