The scientific community has proposed a new hypothesis that could shed light on one of the cosmos’ biggest enigmas: the lack of naturally occurring stars larger than 150 times the size of our Sun.
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The universe holds far more beyond human imagination – Image: NASA
In 2010, experts from NASA discovered four stars that could turn any previously observed celestial body into a dwarf. These stars are immense, being 300 times larger than the Sun, twice the size of the previously imaginable largest star.
Recently, researchers from the University of Bonn (Germany) revealed that a portion of the colossal star cluster R136 in the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC), located 160,000 light-years away from Earth and the third-closest satellite galaxy of the Milky Way, could attain the aforementioned size shortly after birth due to the limited binary systems in the LMC.
Until the discovery of these massive entities in 2010, observations within the Milky Way and other galaxies had only imposed a maximum star size of 150 times that of the Sun.
Following rigorous calculations, the team of experts from the University of Bonn confirmed that the universe still holds the potential to generate such gargantuan stars. Who knows, there may come a time when humans find suns surpassing this size.